Re: [K12OSN] Win4Lin which version and how much?

[Paul Nelson <pnelson riverdale k12 or us>]

I tested the network version of win4lin and found several problems. It's
been several months but here's what I recall...

You have to have a full win95 install for each user, even with the full,
multi user version. If you have 100 users, you need 100 installs of
win95.  I got around this by creating generic win4lin users like
windows1 and windows2 for each workstation.

The multiuser version will not work if /home is mounted via nfs. My
workaround above solved the problem after making the home directory for
the windows1 user point to a local folder on the ltsp server instead of
something in /home. This means that the user launches win4lin and then
logs in again to the windows workstation. Run samba on the ltsp server
and map a /home share to /home and you get your home folders.

We found it much easier to install a Win2000 terminal server and use
rdesktop. It's faster and Win2000 us much better than Win98. I've been
quite pleased with the rdesktop/w2k terminalserver/LTSP combo. With the
educational prices we get from MS, it also makes this solution much more
affordable than Win98 and win4lin.

Funny how a Linux thin-client solution ends up being the best way to
deploy windows terminal services. ;-^)

;-) Paul

On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 20:18, David Trask wrote:
> I've heard lots of talk about Win4Lin.  It sounds like a great
> idea....which version do I need to be able to run it on a K12LTSP network?
>  About how much $$$ is it?
> 
> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
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