Kaya, I can't offer any advice on VBox as I haven't used it; at my site, we've gone the WTS route.
You could set up kiosk mode to take your users straight to the OS with the accounting app. You could also customize things such that your thin client or your smart card presented a different, more full-featured, menu. Kiosk mode gives you access to any OS you can connect to. One choice could be a full Solaris CDE/JDS desktop, another could be a simple xterm, another could be "ssh to system ABC" [which could be your Linux system]... For example, I had some users from the east coast [my infrastructure is on the west coast] ask if I could install Exceed on the WTSs because they wanted to access a graphical desktop on their Linux boxes. Instead of spending several hundred dollars a pop for Exceed, I gave them a few Sun smart cards and, since inserting the smart card caused a UNIX login to appear, they were able to access Linux at minimal cost. In your case, switching between Solaris and Linux is probably even easier because the SunRay server understands X, so if you set it up right, you'll get a UNIX login and from there you can go either to Solaris or Linux. And, of course, once you're logged in to one, you could get to the other. Scott Scott -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kaya Saman Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 2:48 PM To: SunRay-Users mailing list Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] EXTERNAL:Re: EXTERNAL: Working with MS Windows??? Thanks Scott, hmm perhaps I should go RDP then after as just thought of doing VBox? Am a bit lost but I am pretty sure that they won't appreciate it so perhaps do kiosk for me and leave these guys with a simplified setup! Can I use kiosk to switch between Solaris and Linux? This would do me wonders!! Regards, Kaya On 02/02/10 00:43, Nishimura, Scott L (IT Solutions) wrote: > Kaya, > > Hmm; if it's a DOS app, I'd be surprised if it ran with multiple, simultaneous users. It's worth a shot just to see if it works but if it doesn't then you'd have to go the VDI route. > > Kiosk mode is the way the TC is set up to connect. For example, you could configure it to run the Windows Connector and go straight to a WTS. Or you could use TCL and create some fancy control panel with many options from which the users can choose [Windows, UNIX desktop, xterm, browser, etc.]. It's basically a method of control: the first example gives users no options while the second gives them maximum choice. It's up to you as to how much leeway to give the users. > > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
