[juneau-lug] Re: Remote desktop control

  • From: "Jeremy Hansen" <jeremyh@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:52:33 -0900

WindowsXP and Windows 2000 come with Terminal Server CALs.  So your only
expense is the software and Windows 2000/XP Terminal Server, which could
certaintly be less, but my recommendation from there would be to look at
Citrix, but then you are back in to the bucks.  Check out LTSP.ORG (Linux
Terminal Server Project) it is pretty exciting, and somethign that I
certaintly would like to try during December's meeting if I have the free
time, but it is looking like I am going to be short a little bit.

- Jeremy

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Zuelow" <e5z8652@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "jlug" <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 6:08 PM
Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: Remote desktop control


>
> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:21:12 -0900
> "Andrew Pendleton" <celloandy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > As a little followup to James' remote OpenOffice thing at the
> > November meeting, and after reading a little news article on
> > linux.com, I was thinking that perhaps as an alternative in James'
> > hypothetical nonprofit situation, if the users were hellbent on
> > using windows apps, you could switch the main system (the Pentium
> > III) to windows, and then use linux clients and rdesktop
> > (http://www.rdesktop.org) to control them.  This would accomplish a
> > similar goal to James' project, and perhaps keep users happier.  I
> > don't even know if this would work, as I'm not sure if the RDP
> > supports multiple simultaneous logins, but just a thought.
> >
> > Andrew Pendleton
>
> Technically, it would work fine as long as you purchased enough
> Terminal Server client access licenses for the organization.  (At
> least for Win2k, you can set up 2 "free" connections, but they're only
> for system administration, not general use.)  And there is an
> additional licensing concern:  You'd have to be crystal clear about
> the license terms for your Microsoft Office installation, or any other
> software on the Windows machine that might be in use by multiple users
> at the same time.
>
> I haven't priced CALs for Terminal Server, so I'm not sure what a 5
> client license pack would cost you, plus of course whatever the Win2k
> Advanced Server would cost (or NT4 is still available from resellers).
>  The big advantage of rdesktop is that you no longer need to purchase
> a Windows OS license for each workstation, which could end up saving
> an organization a considerable amount of money.
>
> Good link Andrew!
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
> PS, the demo will be set up again next month if people want to play
> with it.  The kdm/gdm problem is resolved.  (That problem demonstrates
> why something like rdesktop might be a better solution for some
> organizations - Win2k Advanced Server is fairly simple to get working
> with default configurations and has lots of Wizards so a problem like
> I had would be pretty rare.  Mandrake Linux desktops using rdesktop
> would also be simple to install.  Not a lot of technical expertise
> would be required to get the system up and running.)
>
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