Linux economics (was Re: [TriLUG] Win4Lin)

[Roy Vestal]

Corey brings up a good point. Using an X-server onWindows. I use X-Win32. 
It's cleaner, IMHO, than Exceed and somewhat cheaper.

YMMV.

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Corey Mutter wrote:

> My $0.02 in the discussion on VMWare vs. Win4Lin vs. 2 machines:
> 
> My favorite choice (and I've used this in various places of work) is
> to have 2 machines, with the Linux machine being headless (they handle
> this much better than Windows machines) and only accessed over the
> network. 
> 
> You can set up the kernel to use a serial port as a console, and lilo
> to use the serial port, so the only time you ever need attach a
> display is when you need to mess with the BIOS setup (even if you're
> changing kernels).
> 
> I tend to use command-line stuff most of the time, so PuTTY on the
> Windows box makes a good client. For occasional X usage, XFree86
> running on Cygwin works well and is free. For heavier X use, there's
> always Hummingbird Exceed (though that's probably more expensive than
> VMWare, unless your company happens to have extra licenses :-)
> 
> Corey (mailing from the headless machine :-)
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