Tom- thanks for the info. rdesktop works fine. The problem (overriding!)
is to try to get the permission to hook up to the Windows server. Once
we square away the political issue then we will be able to look at
whether there are any technical issues.
We are a nation of laws (i.e., "Microsoft laws", or Microsoft
"licenses"), which, when being enforced, or more particularly,
"interpreted" by those Microsoft-centric sysadms, often can render even
our Constitution irrelevant. I don't think we can tolerate that much longer.
On the desktop side (per another thread of yours), b/c of the licensing
issues (e.g., inclusion of Windows fonts for OOo to more accurately
import Office files, MP3, MPlayer/Xine, Flash, Plugger, etc.) almost
every Linux distro will need to go through certain post-installation
customization steps for desktop use. On the surface, this is very
frustrating (in the sense that you cannot give someone a "perfectly
working" Linux CD). But to those with a savvy business sense, this may
actually present an interesting opportunity--something that is not
available under Microsoft Windows.
There is, however, a much stronger need for a consortium to establish a
standard for embedded Linux. Absolute uniformity is the key to its success.
I am sure many in this forum are aware of this news. A couple months
ago, Matsushita ("Panasonic"), Sony , Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips,
Samsung , Sharp, and Toshiba established the “Consumer Electronics Linux
Forum (CELF)”. Its corporate membership now includes, amog others, IBM,
Motorola, Nokia, LSI Logic, etc. Earlier this week (this is FAST), they
published the baseline Linux source code, which is available for
download and review by the open-source community.
http://www.celinuxforum.org/PressRelease/pr03.htm
The source tree includes initial improvements to startup and shutdown
time, real-time functionality, ROM/RAM size requirements and power
management that address the needs of CE devices, including audio/visual
products and mobile phones.
I will go back to the desktop Linux issue. As I mentioned previously, I
will be willing to fund a Linux desktop project, but I would like to
know how many warm bodies we can muster. wayne
