Linux-related job postings - Hopkinton NH School District

[Jeff Kinz]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:24:24PM -0500, Dan Jenkins wrote:
> One of our clients is an elementary-middle school. They have a few 
> hundred Windows desktops with three Linux servers and one Windows server.
> ...........SNIP
> We have been considering switching them to Linux desktops (mainly to 
> alleviate the spyware/virus problems), but, of course, many folk have 
> some "must have" Windows application. 

I have used VNC to help in this type of situation. You can put some win
boxes somewhere on the net and let those special users access them from
any Linux box across the LAN. If your LAN can handle the load its a
great solution 'cause:
	A: they can use their win box from anywhere
	B: The win box is physically isolated/more secure
	C: They get slightly pushed in the OSS direction

VNC= any VNC clone including tightVNC.

NXmachine - is newish but reportedly works better than(faster) than
VNC and its clones. There are both proprietary and OSS version
available.  Unclear if there is an NXMachine win-host version in OSS.

proprietary NXMachine is here:
http://www.nomachine.com/

The OSS version of NX is called FreeNX, not sure where their website is.
(it may be here: http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/nx/)

But... 
http://osswin.sourceforge.net/  Is a site which lists tons of OSS that
all runs on Windows.

> (Internet Explorer is mandated by 
> their testing service for all students thrice a year.) 

Any clue who their testing service is? Or why they feel they need to use
only IE?  (I wonder if anyone has tried it using an OSS browser with a
faked up IE user agent string.. )


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