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Subject:    Re: [Ltsp-discuss] CAD Software / OS X Terminals
From:       "Charles Marcus" <CharlesM () Media-Brokers ! com>
Date:       2002-05-14 20:54:39
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> Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] CAD Software / OS X Terminals
> From: David South Jr <dj@monolithic.com>
> To: LTSP ListServ <ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Date: 14 May 2002 13:20:24 -0500
>
> I researched Bentely MicroStation a lot. I had a college
> friend who was
> a real wiz at AutoCAD and MicroStation. He said MicroStation was the
> best.
>
> Bentely made an Academic version of MicroStation for Linux, but
> currently doesn't seem interested in deploying a retail version. It's
> very frustrating because it would be a perfect solution.
>
> I'm worried about the performance when running AutoCAD under VMWare or
> Win4Lin. I use VMWare on my personal workstation and it is much slower
> than native applications. It also seems to use a lot of
> resources. Will
> it drag down performance for the rest of my terminal users?
>
> Win4Lin requires a special kernel. I'd rather stay with the kernels
> provided by Mandrake (the distribution I want to deploy). It is far
> easier to keep up with security and bug fixes.
>
> Is there some aspect of this I'm missing? Can I install a second Linux
> computer that just runs applications under Win4Lin? Can it
> push over to
> the terminals as well and seem seamless to my users?
>
> DJ

Tarantella/Win4Lin combination... (if the www.linuxcad.com/ doesn't work for
you - looked to be the best solution offered)...

Tarantella/Win4Lin combo lets you set up a Win4Lin server and serve up
sessions - get this - even over a *dial-up* WAN link (acceptable, although a
little jerky).  Works very well.  Win4Lin will even set you up with a Temp
user account so you can see it in action.  Client can be any computer that
runs a Browser with Java applet support (yes, it runs through the browser, and
you can access local filesystems, printers, etc).

Charles


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