[TriLUG] OSS citrix alternative? VNC, perhaps?

[Jon Carnes]

VNC works fine for this type of application. It is a kick to VNC into a
windows box from your Linux box and run all those apps remotely. :-)

Jon Carnes

On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 22:05, Greg Brown wrote:
> Hey all, got a call from a buddy in Florida asking me about OSS
> alternatives to Citrix.  This is WAAAY outside of my comfort zone as I
> know next to nothing about Citrix, or VNC for that matter (past having
> used it once or twice).
> 
> Buddy Jeff is opening a second office and he wants to keep his servers
> and data at the primary office (I know very few of the actual facts
> past this).  Assuming his applications are on Windows servers what are
> his options here?  Can he run a Linux desktop with a VNC connection
> back to his primary office over a WAN connection and pull up a Win
> "desktop" with access to his business apps?  I'd even like to know if
> that is possible.
> 
> I am sure that even with a good size point-to-point circuit this type
> of operation would be painfully slow, or would it?  Has anyone
> installed anything like this before?
> 
> Greg