Re: Win4Lin server (Like M$-TSE but on Linux)

[Dirk H Bartley <bartleyd2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"p. buxton" wrote:
> 
> >http://www.nwc.com/1206/1206sp1.html
> >
> >An interesting article,  only problem is that the author doesn't realize he
> >could stuff his X session inside a zlib-tight-TridiaVNC connection and
> >solve the
> >bandwidth problem.
> 
> Tres cool. But I have another question related to this subject: how does one
> go about installing MS Office 98 onto a Linux SMB server for multiple
> clients? (It currently resides on a Netware server, serving about 12
> Win95/98 workstations.) By which I mean, is it any different than NT or
> Netware? Does the install croak up a wad of errors? Are there side issues I
> should be aware of? Finally, is it worthwhile to serve an Office suit like
> this on a file server?
> 
> One advantage, I would imagine, is that the read-only nature of the app's
> executables is a natural defense against virii. Also, installing Office
> remotely doesn't require new hard drives.
> 
> One disadvantage is that such a small office does not really benefit from
> this kind of space savings to the degree a business with 100+ workstations
> might.
> 
> Comments? TIA.
> 
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I tried it once from a NT server share.  Hoping to accomplish saving disk space
on client machines and putting a limit on the number of people who could access
the share at a time as sort of a license server.  The latter failed miserably. 
Each client would access the servers share evan if they were not using it, I
presumed for the icon graphics.  The former did not save much at all.  Can't
give you any numbers to support this but found little reason to do it.   The
servers share only contained the executables which were not that large anyways. 
Most of the files (dlls and such) were put on the client machine anyways.   It
was more useful to install it from the share than have the apps run from the
share.

It is possible from a linux share and I have evan seen directions for some of
the differences between a NT share and a SMB share.

Best of luck.

Dirk