Chris Howells wrote:
I'm not exactly sure how citrix works, but I guess it would be that way.
I'll try and explain again. Imagine a network running almost entirely Linux, but needing to run a few legacy Windows applications. What I would like is for the user (sitting in front of Linux box with X) to be able to click on an icon for a Windows application, causing the application to start running on a Windows (NT) based application server. The program would entirely run on the Windows server, but the screen output would be sent over the network so it could be controlled by the user sitting on their Linux/X machine.
I've not done this, but I know a man who has. (Dr.) Chris Richardson at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) administers a room full of Linux boxes (Dell PCs) running Citrix Metaframe ICA clients which run Windows programs on an NT ICA server. It wasn't cheap to set up (and I must confess I was sceptical when it was first proposed) but it works beautifully and has cost far less to run than an equivalent Windows -only "solution". I don't work there any more, but you can reach him by phone by looking up his contact details on the ICR Web site: http://www.icr.ac.uk/howtocontact.html . I've checked with him that this is OK. -- Damian COUNSELL http://www.counsell.com/