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SpiderTools: Running Windows Inside of Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 27, 2005

[ Thanks to Mike
Weber
for this link. ]

“Despite interest in moving to a full Linux commitment,
sometimes you need to settle for a transitional position and that
is where a program like Win4Lin can help a business or school
system maintain a Linux base but still use aspects of Microsoft
that are needed for special projects.

“Noxon Schools is a rural school district in remote northwest
Montana with a student body of about 270 students. The school uses
3 Linux Terminal Servers on separate networks to serve 125 Linux
Thin Clients. An additional 50 computers run Windows 2000 or
XP…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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