[ale] Cygwin Or...?

[Chris Fowler]

You can have a free X server based software like XFree86 on each
desktop.  

Another solution is to not use MrProject and use a web based PHP or J2EE
app instead.  Whatever a centralized app.

I try to pick something that will provide me a smaller management
headache then over cost.  Sometimes it just ain't worth the headache
when you have many desktops to manage.  But if you are clever in the art
of scripts and can write something good for Cygwin, then you can make it
just like point and click for them. 


On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 15:52, hbbs at attbi.com wrote:
> There's a reason for that.  A VMware instance per desktop is expensive and the
> cost would scale poorly.  I also would then have to deploy independent Linux
> instances and independent MrProject instances within each one, although at least
> those instances would originate from a common point if I were at least that
> sensible.  I would much rather serve multiple instances of the same app from a
> single instance of Linux running on a server with the displays of each app
> instance exported to each users' desktop.  
> 
> I guess the core of what I'm getting at is, do I have a low- or no-cost
> alternative to putting X server software on every desktop system to accomplish this?
> 
> - Jeff
> > At 10:21 PM 2/25/2003 +0000, 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).
> > >
> > >- Jeff
> > 
> > Jeff,
> > 
> > I read the other responses and was surprised that no one had considered 
> > VMware. This would unfortunately involve installing an application (VMware) 
> > on each machine which I know you were trying to avoid. The upside is that 
> > you could then deploy a Linux vm with MrProject to all the W2K machines via 
> > a file copy. This would also solve your UNIX/W2K compatibility problem. The 
> > other problem is that VMware is not exactly inexpensive.
> > 
> > keith
> > -------------
> > 
> > Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
> > Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
> > keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
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