On 02/02/10 00:55, William Yang wrote:
It actually sounds like what you're after here isn't VDI, but just a
VirtualBox VM of Windows XP. You would still rather RDP to that
though; VDI/VirtualBox and RDP are not mutually exclusive. Since you
only need one user accessing it simultaneously, this would work
perfectly even without the aforementioned modifications to allow
multiple concurrent RDP connections to one XP box.
Best option for you may be to put everyone on Linux/Solaris, then put
a launcher icon on their desktops or have some command they can run
that just launches the RDP connection to the accounting host.
William
Hi William, I think you've got it :-) Hole in one (if into golf??)
this sounds like a brilliant idea coupled together with Scott's advice
on the kiosk mode I could offer a highly dynamic and customized service.....
[quote]
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.
[/quote]
I think this really is best way to go, so Vbox instead runs in the
background with no specific user needing to launch it.
Just caught this in time:
I would suggest avoiding the Linux/Solaris desktop and instead send them
straight to Windows. My users, completely Windows-dependent, would
flood the Help desk with calls if a Solaris CDE login prompt appeared
one day. The added benefit is that you then avoid having to create user
accounts on the *NIX box [unless you already have an active NIS
environment but from the sound of it, you do not].
Yep, I agree :-) but I think XP only allows 1 user to login through
RDP?? At least when I hacked out Home on an old laptop and installed the
remote desktop service I could only do that. So going the Linux/UNIX
route would be easier and more stable for the end user, especially in
the form of Ubuntu. So I could then just personally switch between that
and Solaris as I will have OpenSolaris installed on a Sun Fire V480
server with the Fire V20z being used for Ubuntu.
Regards,
Kaya
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