And while we're piling on options, :) you can also run CoLinux on their existing windows systems and see if you can get them browsing with firefox or chrome under it. There is also a NX client for windows if you run the NX server on the server somewhere (as you indicated).
Any chance you can convince them to convert to Linux (or vnc/rdp/nx/citrix/whatever to a smaller pool of well curated windows machines)? On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]>wrote: > Another option is to run windows in a VM that has been set to rollback all > changes on logout and let them surf there. Yes, another windows license, > but if they won't do Linux it is an option. > > Andy > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Steven S. Critchfield < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Remote access seems like maybe the wrong direction. >> >> Specifically, remote access will remove things like audio from the mix. >> >> Have you thought of installing vmware player(or whatever it's current name >> is) >> and a image containing a linux distro? Eliminates the network, yet still >> uses >> local hardware for sound and video. Shouldn't be too hard to set up, and >> free. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > Have a customer that keeps getting malware and rootkits on their >> > Windows computers. What? You've heard that before? Oh, sorry. >> > >> > Here's a hint. Don't install WhiteSmoke Translator. >> > >> > I know that a couple of folks on this list have worked with NX / >> > FreeNX. Is there a remote client to connect to a linux "server" from a >> > Windows client so that a user may surf the web on linux from a Windows >> > desktop. >> > >> > Don't even think VNC. Waaaaaay too slow. >> > >> > Howard White >> > >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "NLUG" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]>For >> > more options, visit this >> > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> -- >> Steven Critchfield [email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
