On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Will Drewry <[email protected]> wrote: > 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)?
>>> ----- 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 >>> > For Windows machines in the labs at the college, we have Deep Freeze from Faronics. The user can save files on the network, or in an unprotected pseudo-partition. Other than that, every reboot is a clean machine. Otherwise, I strongly suggest Adblock Plus with Firefox. Mother-in-law gets nailed on a regular basis, and she only uses her computer for facebook games. I'm convinced it's coming through the ads. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- 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
