Seth Galitzer wrote:
I'm getting ready to build a new SRSS server. For the last few years,
I've been using Solaris as the server OS because the general impression
was that it was a better platform for the software. My preference would
be to use Linux, as that is what I am more comfortable managing. So
here's my question: how does running the latest SRSS on Linux compare to
running on Solaris? What works or doesn't work? What gotchas are
there? Any particularly nasty hacks necessary for a good user experience?
We are currently not using VDI with our Sunrays, only uttsc to WTS 2003,
and xephyr for XDMCP to a Linux host for a Linux desktop. The plan is
to replace the WTS 2003 servers with 2008 this summer. By using Linux
as the host OS, I'm hoping to get a better desktop experience for Linux
users. XDMCP is fine for getting a basic desktop, but you lose things
like USB and audio support.
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks.
Seth
Hi Seth:
We just made a similar move to RHEL 5.6 Most things do work, but
the debugging is painful; something you mostly avoid with Solaris.
Sound in firefox does not seem to work, but I don't care that much.
RealPlayer does work, but you have to use OSS rather than the
default which is OSS. I guess you could tell firefox to use
RealPlayer for movie content. USB sticks work, but they don't
automount. We don't know if that is an RHEL bug that has been
reported. I'd recommend that you at least try OEL since Oracle
seems more willing to entertain SRs for that. We are in the
process of setting up a separate server with OEL. Oh, and
another thing that's weird... For us, tftpd on Linux and SRS
don't seem to like each other. Again, that might be an RHEL
bug. So, we still need the Solaris server for the firmware
upgrades.
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