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 @nixCraft The problem is that many people really believe they're using Linux. Not Linux on Windows, they believe that THAT is Linux...   @sully1503 @nixCraft I know a few "Windows Powerusers" They usually have a collection of weird, semi-legal gui apps to get things done that would take two seconds in the Linux commandline @sully1503 @nixCraft For example: multiple concurrent remote sessions (same user or different users, doesn't matter). @georgramer @nixCraft Yeah. Literally helped and IT Service Tech set it up, because he didnβt know how. Unless youβre talking about breaking the EULA agreement and trying to run non-licensed copies of windows. Maybe thatβs what you meant by βsemi-legalβ GUIs. @sully1503 @nixCraft Which version of Windows would you need to have multiple, concurrent remote sessions? I just watched a guy who "knows windows" absolutely go crazy because he had bought a beef machine hoping to give several users access at the same time. @georgramer @nixCraft You could use the RDP wrapper project or using something like a multipoint server. @sully1503 @nixCraft RDPWrapper is not legal at all and it is a bit funny that MS is hosting it on github. But googling this question I ran into Win Enterprise multi-session. Do you have any experience with that? It does look useful. @georgramer @nixCraft I donβt really dabble in breaking the EULA and I donβt see much of a use case for it, because youβre essentially building and old school mainframe. Youβd have issues with bandwidth. It would be fare easier and run better if you just had a beefy server. @sully1503 @nixCraft "A power user on Windows." That's like a "power barista on a Keurig machine." @nixCraft Works much better the other way around. Winapps lets you run windows apps on a linux desktop seamlessly. It's magical.  @georgramer @nixCraft I recenzly had a teams meeting, used firefox. No video cameras of the participants and also svreen sharing was not showing on my side. @georgramer @gunstick @nixCraft Chrome or Edge works fine for Teams - Ubuntu with i3. I mean, Teams is dogshit, so "works" is a loose term, but as far as Teams "works" it works in Chromium based browsers.  @georgramer @gunstick @nixCraft FWIW, the Linux version of Teams still works, I'm using it daily on my Debian desktop. The only issue is that unless you managed to save the package back when it was downloadable, you're out of luck actually getting it today. :) I have the .deb of several most recent versions, but I guess legally I am unable to distribute it to anybody else... @nixCraft You know you could prevent this if you just bought and additional copy of Windows Server and set it up for WSUS. :') |
@nixCraft it is truly the year of the Linux desktop.