Todd Shoemaker wrote: > Ken- > > Running Windows under VMWare on Linux would still require a Windows > server license + Client Access Licenses, and probably introduce VMWare > peculiarities, so unless he can get the application running under > wine/crossover (a pretty decent possibility), it sounds like the only > route is to keep the Windows TS for this Windows-only application, and > use LTSP + terminals to run general office software and connect to the > application via rdesktop. Rdesktop has an 'application mode' that can > appear to run a single application at a time that could help in this > case, versus having two separate desktops. > > Todd,
I have configured and support several Windows TS (with LTSP, with Thinstation, and with Windows Remote Desktop Client). I understand that if one uses Windows TS, then yes, they have to pay for Windows TS CALs. However, the question was to how to run the application within LTSP? Since we know the server software must run on a Windows platform (no Linux version available), the next best thing to run the server software on a single hardware platform would be to run it under vmware on Linux. Linux would be configured as the LTSP server for the clients, and the guest OS would host the application server software. The only question in this model is the application client. Will the application client run in a browser? Will the application client run under Wine ? If either of those two answers are yes, then the application client could be executed natively on LTSP server. If the application client is only available as a Windows executable and will not run under Wine, then Windows TS is the answer. Ken Cobler ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
