Running Windows 9x clients under Linux

I think you could setup something like this with VMware - a software that allows you to run two or more OSs simultaneously (check www.vmware.com). But I doubt this could be a solution because of performance problems andyou would need to buy the necessary licenses for NT, Office, etc...

Maybe you should choose using StarOffice or AbiWord, both *free* fully-fledged office bundles, mostly compatible with MS Office. Lastly, I know there is also a WordPerfect implementation from Corel (I think), but I don't know about licensing.

Good luck.

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Let me get this straight You want to setup a Linux server which will contain the binaries for running windows apps - like word etc- and start them of a shared drive!. If so then the most simple way to go would be to install the server with samba. Create a bunch of shares. Make the connection from the win9x client to the share which will contain the windows-apps binaries and run a setup to the network drive
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You nedd to setup a file server to serve this Windows applications (for example NFS) and a windows emulator - wine - for the clients. Unfortunately, not all programs work perfectly under wine - and you should expect Microsoft programs not to work atall
(no, they don't use undocumented features :) )

StarOffice comes with Windows or Linux flawors for 0 U.S.$. It is slower than MS Office but with the mony saved on MS Office License you can buy a faster computer and still keep some money.

It is even possible (it requres some tweaking with X terminal authorization) to run StarOffice on server (but you need a good one) and have a minimal Linux client.

You should be able to install most MS and other applications onto a Linux server using an Admin install

1. createa share for all users or the appropriate group.

2. Run the admin setup for the program.
Ussually D:\setup /a from a workstation for Microsoft Applications.

NOTE: Most oem copies of the software do not have this option. Check the documention and setup instructions for the software and the appropriate Knowledge base.

First you need to install and configure Samba on your Linux box. This will allow you to set up directories on your Linux server which will appear on your Windows clients' Network Neighborhood. You would then install your Windows programs to that share, just as you would on any other central NT/Windows server.

By far the easiest way to set up Samba, once it's installed, is to use SWAT -- a web based tool provided with Samba. To access it, connect to your Linux server on port 901, and enteryour root password. (e.g., your Linux server has IP address 10.0.0.10, you would enter http://10.0.0.10:901/ in your web browser). It's a lot easier for the new user to do things with SWAT than to try and get the text config file set up properly...

Hope this helps!

I believe that what you are asking may be troublesome without some 3rd party software I don't know. The way I would do it is to install and config Samba, and from you Win box install the win app to that share. The problem I see is that the binaries and so on will install, but the system dll's it replaces, and adds will be on the local box. Therefore, I do not think it will work, but for the one box you are installing it on.

YOu could install VMware (www.vmware.com) and run the windows software for the office. VMware will allow you to "boot" into another operating system, providing you already have it installed on the computer, while Linux is running (you can do same under NT or 2000). Also you could get StarOffice (www.sun.com) which will read and export to M$ office filetypes (at least under windoze it will, haven't installed it under Linux yet)

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