Hi > On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 09:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i am new to ltsp, currently we are using mixed linux servers and windows > > 98/2000 as clients. i am planing to migrate to linux terminal server and > > having also linux as clients, but i cannot migrate to linux entirely at > > one time, so i need to do it phase by phase starting from the server to > > clients. my questions is about configuring the server, right now our > > clients are running applications like ms office, web browser( Internet > > Explorer), yahoo messenger and irc, i would like to ask what would i need > > to configure in the server to have these applications running? in my > > understanding i need to install wine for ms office? > > First: I'm no expert on this, so consider my words in that context. > > It is my impression that the approach you wish to take may not work very > well. While you could use WINE or CrossOver to run your Windows apps > under Linux (then display them to X11 thin clients), this may well not > work as smoothly as you would wish. I have little experience with it, so > others may have more positive comments, but I'd be cautious about > relying on this.
IMHO the borg is evil (anti-windows sentiment, for those who are puzzled) but trying to run commercial sites on free software, where a commercial solution exists, and is MUCH better, is economically stupid. win4lin works really well! http://www.netraverse.com James ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
