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Citrix-Like Server for Linux?
Devil's BSD asks: "My school is planning to add remote desktop access so that people can easily access a school computer from home. However, with the financial situation in our Kentucky being what it is, using Citrix Metaframe for Unix/XP and buying all the software licenses necessary will be extremely hard. And with the state department of education (ironically named KDE) very pro-Microsoft, VNC is out of the question. Is there a free or low cost Citrix-like software suite that can give access to a remote desktop and compress the datastream to be able to work on a 56k modem like Citrix's ICA does?"
Based on the headline, the answer is The X Window System. Sweet Jebus, have you only been using Linux for a week or something?
However, based on the actual article body -- I have no answer. What the hell are you blathering about? What is the server OS you're using? What is the client OS you're using? If you can't use VNC, whey the hell would you be able to use any other solution? Could you re-state the question please, but in a comprehensible manner this time?
Slashdot is jumping the shark. I'm just driving the boat.
There's no such thing as a stupid question. But there ARE stupid people. Mebbe you could 'splain how "pro-M$" rules out use of VNC.
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