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Test-Drive a Linux Desktop From Windows

Posted by timothy on from the hey-lookit dept.

debiansid writes "The Open Soucre Region Stuttgart is now offering a free demo of the Linux Desktop to users through their web browsers. They had earlier launched a German version before which received more than 100,000 responses, after which they decided to launch an English version. The website requires you to download and run an exe - it does not install anything on to the hard drive. The demo system is Debian based with a v2.4 kernel and KDE."

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  1. NoMachine? by Mad_Rain · · Score: 3, Informative

    My question is " How is this different from NoMachine's NX Server?"

    NoMachine and their NX server also allows you to testdrive a linux desktop on windows, over a remote connection. I found my FreeNX server usable even over dial-up, and could show my parents what my linux desktop looked like, and think it might be a useful migration step for some users. It's even bundled with Knoppix.

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    1. Re:NoMachine? by advocate_one · · Score: 3, Informative
      My question is " How is this different from NoMachine's NX Server?"

      It's far worse... it uses a heck of a lot of bandwidth compared to NX... (It was maxing out my downstream on this broadband connection 130KBytes/s). It would be impossible to use it over dialup...

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  2. Just a remote connection... by dolmen.fr · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is just a remote connection to a Linux server using the Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition from Tarantella.

    Is it a coincidence that Sun just announced yesterday they are buying Tarentella?