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
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