[ale] Cygwin Or...?

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 05:21 pm, hbbs at attbi.com wrote:
> Suppose I want to deploy a Linux GUI app (let's say MrProject, an
> X11/Gnome app) and my user base is already set up on Win2K.  What are my
> rollout options given that I must retain the Win2K clients?
>
> I've been looking at Cygwin and it seems that it might be a piece of the
> puzzle; at the moment, though, I am willing to entertain either running
> the app centrally or independently on each client machine.  I want to
> minimize the impact at the desktop level (i.e., dropping a desktop icon
> on everyone's screen is preferable to performing an app install at every
> client machine).
>
> Assume furthermore that I am not interested in buying X server software
> for each client and that each user should be able to run an independent
> instance of the app (as opposed to several people contending for the
> same instance).

Using the cygwin XFree port sounds like a good start.  Run the app 
centrally and display on the cygwin X server.  One app instance per user.

--Michael

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