[luau] Terminal Server (and other issues)

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

Tom- thanks for the info. rdesktop works fine. The problem (overriding!) 
is to try to get the permission to hook up to the Windows server. Once 
we square away the political issue then we will be able to look at 
whether there are any technical issues.

We are a nation of laws (i.e., "Microsoft laws", or Microsoft 
"licenses"), which, when being enforced, or more particularly, 
"interpreted" by those Microsoft-centric sysadms, often can render even 
our Constitution irrelevant. I don't think we can tolerate that much longer.

On the desktop side (per another thread of yours), b/c of the licensing 
issues (e.g., inclusion of Windows fonts for OOo to more accurately 
import Office files, MP3, MPlayer/Xine, Flash, Plugger, etc.) almost 
every Linux distro will need to go through certain post-installation 
customization steps for desktop use. On the surface, this is very 
frustrating (in the sense that you cannot give someone a "perfectly 
working" Linux CD). But to those with a savvy business sense, this may 
actually present an interesting opportunity--something that is not 
available under Microsoft Windows.

There is, however, a much stronger need for a consortium to establish a 
standard for embedded Linux. Absolute uniformity is the key to its success.

I am sure many in this forum are aware of this news. A couple months 
ago, Matsushita ("Panasonic"), Sony , Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips, 
Samsung , Sharp, and Toshiba established the “Consumer Electronics Linux 
Forum (CELF)”. Its corporate membership now includes, amog others, IBM, 
Motorola, Nokia, LSI Logic, etc. Earlier this week (this is FAST), they 
published the baseline Linux source code, which is available for 
download and review by the open-source community.

http://www.celinuxforum.org/PressRelease/pr03.htm

The source tree includes initial improvements to startup and shutdown 
time, real-time functionality, ROM/RAM size requirements and power 
management that address the needs of CE devices, including audio/visual 
products and mobile phones.

I will go back to the desktop Linux issue. As I mentioned previously, I 
will be willing to fund a Linux desktop project, but I would like to 
know how many warm bodies we can muster. wayne