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From: Bernard Peek on 15 Feb 2007 15:27 I wonder whether the assembled multitude here can help me. I'm looking for a way to introduce people at work to Linux. What I need is a service that I can run on a server that will deliver a Linux service over VNC or something similar running on Windows clients. What I would want to do is put up a server somewhere and let people know that it's available for them to play with. What I need to do is to allow people to log in and start a session. Because I'll probably be using older hardware I want to make best use of the server hardware while still giving the people who connect something that could be a usable office system for people who need a graphical spreadsheet, word-processor and email client. The aim is to persuade people that they can switch to Linux and to do that I probably need the eye-candy that comes with Gnome or similar. I'm assuming that there will be a lot of people with accounts on the system, but relatively few connected at any one time. I'm looking for the best way to deliver a good service to the people who have active sessions, without wasting processor cycles on unnecessary processes. -- Bernard Peek back in search of cognoscenti
From: Geoffrey Clements on 15 Feb 2007 17:31 Bernard Peek wrote: > I wonder whether the assembled multitude here can help me. I'm looking > for a way to introduce people at work to Linux. What I need is a service > that I can run on a server that will deliver a Linux service over VNC or > something similar running on Windows clients. What I would want to do is > put up a server somewhere and let people know that it's available for > them to play with. > > What I need to do is to allow people to log in and start a session. > Because I'll probably be using older hardware I want to make best use of > the server hardware while still giving the people who connect something > that could be a usable office system for people who need a graphical > spreadsheet, word-processor and email client. The aim is to persuade > people that they can switch to Linux and to do that I probably need the > eye-candy that comes with Gnome or similar. > > I'm assuming that there will be a lot of people with accounts on the > system, but relatively few connected at any one time. I'm looking for > the best way to deliver a good service to the people who have active > sessions, without wasting processor cycles on unnecessary processes. > > > Why not just give them Gnome or KDE by running an X server on their Windows PCs? -- Geoff Registered Linux user 196308 Replace bitbucket with geoff to mail me.
From: John Taylor on 16 Feb 2007 03:43 Geoffrey Clements wrote: > Bernard Peek wrote: > >> I wonder whether the assembled multitude here can help me. I'm looking >> for a way to introduce people at work to Linux. What I need is a service >> that I can run on a server that will deliver a Linux service over VNC or >> something similar running on Windows clients. What I would want to do is >> put up a server somewhere and let people know that it's available for >> them to play with. >> > > Why not just give them Gnome or KDE by running an X server on their Windows > PCs? > Yes, that's the way I use linux all the time. It's exactly the same as running directly on the machine. You just need to install an X server on the windows PC, and make sure that [xkg]dm is running on the linux box, and off you go ... I used to use NetSarang XManager for the X server on my PC, but since upgrading to the latest KDE, my old version of XManager doesn't support all the new antialiased fonts, so I'm now using Cygwin X server. A bit fiddly to setup first time around, but once you have the scripts sorted, you can just copy them to all the PC's, or have them in a shared folder. Regards JohnT
From: Stephen Chadfield on 16 Feb 2007 06:01 On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Bernard Peek wrote: > I wonder whether the assembled multitude here can help me. I'm looking for a > way to introduce people at work to Linux. What I need is a service that I can > run on a server that will deliver a Linux service over VNC or something > similar running on Windows clients. What I would want to do is put up a > server somewhere and let people know that it's available for them to play > with. I would consider using NX server on the Linux box to deliver GNOME desktops to users running the NX client under Windows. NX performs much better than VNC for such tasks. -- Stephen Chadfield
From: Simon Brooke on 16 Feb 2007 09:11
in message <PdDG++H6IM1FFwG9(a)delta.shrdlu.com>, Bernard Peek ('bap(a)shrdlu.com') wrote: > I wonder whether the assembled multitude here can help me. I'm looking > for a way to introduce people at work to Linux. What I need is a service > that I can run on a server that will deliver a Linux service over VNC or > something similar running on Windows clients. What I would want to do is > put up a server somewhere and let people know that it's available for > them to play with. The Hummingbird X server is another possibility, which allows you to mix Linux (X) windows with MS-Windows windows on the same screen. I haven't used it for a couple of years and wasn't that impressed when I did, but it works. It costs, however. There's a free X server for Windows here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming but I haven't tried it. -- simon(a)jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; lovely alternative to rice. |