Remote Desktop?

Burnsy2023 · 16 Mar 2008 at 13:43

.walls said:
Why would you choose windows over linux?dons flame proof suit

Easier management and integration within a Windows desktop environment?

Burnsy

swinnie · 16 Mar 2008 at 13:44

Well, there's one good reason.

Priapus · 16 Mar 2008 at 13:47

Is Linux harder to setup on a server, then Windows then?

swinnie · 16 Mar 2008 at 14:14

Linux is just an operating system, but it depends what you want to do really, in some respects it is easier, and visa versa.

.walls · 16 Mar 2008 at 15:05

Burnsy2023 said:
Easier management and integration within a Windows desktop environment?

Burnsy

Heh - At the end of the day, each OS has its own strenghts and weaknesses. There is no "best operating system" - only best operating system for an individual purpose.

EDIT: It also depends on where your own strengths and weaknesses lie.

I'm a Wintel admin at work, whereas a colleague (who uses predominantly Solaris) wouldn't know where to start when it comes to using Windows as he started on *nix and has little experience of using the "easier" windows.

Burnsy2023 · 16 Mar 2008 at 15:13

.walls said:
Heh - At the end of the day, each OS has its own strenghts and weaknesses. There is no "best operating system" - only best operating system for an individual purpose.

You have to admit, that in a Windows only desktop environment, having Windows servers makes management much easier. How would you go about defining network wide grooup policies etc without it?

Burnsy

Ace Modder · 16 Mar 2008 at 15:46

can remote desktops be used for a p2p network?

.walls · 16 Mar 2008 at 15:58

Burnsy2023 said:
You have to admit, that in a Windows only desktop environment, having Windows servers makes management much easier. How would you go about defining network wide grooup policies etc without it?

Burnsy

I don't deny it at all and am not arguing that point; however - as I stated before, there is no best operating system, only best for purpose.

For an enterprise environment, I would agree that windows does have a big lead over other operating systems. Active Directory really is leaps and bounds ahead of anything "the competitors" have. Although, there are places in the same environment where *nix boxes are preferable (think of all those back end database servers you have...). Windows also has a massive lead with Exchange/Outlook for enterprise environments.

However, that said - an ftp server isn't a desktop computer... it's an ftp server

p.s. it's entirely possible to integrate *nix boxes into AD - including GP - have a look at the products from Centrify

.walls · 16 Mar 2008 at 15:59

Ace Modder said:
can remote desktops be used for a p2p network?

In what sense?

Burnsy2023 · 16 Mar 2008 at 21:08

.walls said:
p.s. it's entirely possible to integrate *nix boxes into AD - including GP - have a look at the products from Centrify

I thought you were arguing a different point. I totally agree that *nix and Windows can coexist quite nicely, in fact a *nix LDAP server can be very useful in addition to AD. My main point is that a Windows desktop environment without a solely *nix infrastructure would be a little crazy.

Burnsy