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Is anyone aware of a product that runs on Linux that rovides Windows Terminal Services similar to Citrix's MetaFrame?
We have 4000 UNIX users that need access to Windows based programs like MS Word, Lotus Notes mail, and the like. Citrix's pricing is way too much for our company and we need to come up with a cheaper alternative.
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Hmm..Unfortunately I do not know of any free Citrix clones and Citrix is pretty pricey (last time I looked I think it was ~$350 per user). Would vmware or possibly even wine be a viable solution? While neither are as elegant of a solution as MetaFrame, vmware is much cheaper and wine is free.
I know for a fact that you can configure a Windows 2000 server with something called TSWEB. TSWeb is a Terminal Services client that is available through a web browser. The server running TSWEB would have to have IIS running.
They would then have the Terminal Services client displayed, and could enter the server name or IP address address of the Terminal Server. They can also choose the desktop reslution from a dropdown menu.
Check it out on Microsoft.com. It's a small download.
I have the same requirement, but not the same scale, and set up the IIS server with the web version of Terminal Server.
Unfortunately, it only appears to work with IE4 or IE5 and not with any of the other browsers available in Linux, including Netscape.
Microsoft's web site implies that there is an add-in that is available for running TSWeb under Unix, but fails to give any other clues as to what it might be or where to locate such an add-in.
Originally posted by awhitf01 Is anyone aware of a product that runs on Linux that rovides Windows Terminal Services similar to Citrix's MetaFrame?
We have 4000 UNIX users that need access to Windows based programs like MS Word, Lotus Notes mail, and the like. Citrix's pricing is way too much for our company and we need to come up with a cheaper alternative.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Have you tried VNC (virtual network computer). It is similar in concept to what WTS does, but it is open-source. It comes as a standard on some distro's. It has clients and servers for both Winblows and Linux (and even a pure java client). No sound though.
I have never had to set it up, but I have used it to control a Logic Analyzer remotely (nice!).
VNC is good where you need to be able to control a single session, very much like PC Anywhere. Terminal services allow multiple individual sessions on a Windows 2000 server. VNC on a W2K Server only allows a single connection.
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