[K12OSN] K12LTSP - How easy was that!

[Petre Scheie]

Tom-
Can I infer from your email address that you're in New Ulm, MN and you were at our 
conference last week?  If so, welcome!  As Simon mentioned, rdesktop allows you to 
connect from a LTSP client to a Windows Terminal Server, which would allow you to run a 
Windows desktop session and programs on the LTSP client.  If you were at the conference 
last week, we had rdesktop running on a couple of clients--the sleek black ones with the 
LCD screens on the right side of the room.  It's one of the methods for supporting 
Windows apps in a K12LTSP environment.  It's cool, but like all things related to 
Microsoft and other proprietary software, it can quickly get expensive because there are 
so many licensing costs.  I see rdesktop and WTS as simply a transitional tool.  As you 
become more familiar with K12LTSP, you'll find you need the WTS less and less.

Petre

mvl.1 at newulmtel.net wrote:
> Here's a more basic question: What is rdesktop, and what will it do for you?
> 
> I'm really new to this!
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
>> I'm no Linux expert but I just installed K12LTSP from the 5 CDs and it
>> was a cinch!
>>
>> I've managed to get 2 old pentiums working so far and I hope to make a
>> small lab for our school for £0.00
>>
>> One question, How do I start rdesktop?
>>
>> I can't find an icon anywhere and typing rdesktop just tells me that I
>> can't run binarys
>>
>> Am I being *very* dumb?
>>
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