I use Linux at work 99% of the time, but still have a VirtualBox for Windows, just for the vSphere client. I don't have anything to add, but I'd just like to clarify a few things. I'm pretty sure VirtualBox got rid of the dual licensing, and is now fully open-source (GPL v2). The proprietary stuff (USB pass-through, some other stuff) they pushed into extensions. VirtualBox OSE (open-source edition) is available in the repos. It is kind of redundant now though. Correct me if I'm wrong (oh how I wish I was), but except for SSH, the VMware solutions Bill listed only work if you have a vCenter server or VMware ESX. They do not work with ESXi. Of course, if you are dealing with 300-400 servers, you probably have a vCenter server anyway...<div>
<br></div><div>@Bill - Thanks for the Remmina recommendation. It looks pretty nice.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Bill Littlejohn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billl@mtd-inc.com">billl@mtd-inc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">3. Remmina supports rdp,vnc,xdmcp, and sftp. It allows categorizing<br>
targets into groups and has a gnome panel plugin.<br>
7. VMware remote console plugin for firefox works. As does vSphere<br>
Web Access. These combined with ssh get the job done.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Michael Glaske <<a href="mailto:mglaske@gmail.com">mglaske@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> [snip]<br>
><br>
>> So. What I need to do my work is this:<br>
>> 1. Connectivity to Exchange 2007, so I can use email, contact, calendars,<br>
>> meeting scheduling, etc.<br>
>> - I have found a couple options, Evolution w/ Exchange MAPI add on, which<br>
>> seem very buggy. IMAP which is not really acceptable, or using actual<br>
>> Outlook itself through Crossover.<br>
><br>
> I'm not familiar with more/better options for your use case, with one<br>
> exception: IIRC, Evolution supports operating through Exchange's web<br>
> interface. You'd need to poke your Exchange admins to get that<br>
> enabled, though. I haven't played with it myself; I've never had to<br>
> touch Exchange.<br>
><br>
>> 2. Connectivity to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 OCS<br>
>> - Look like empathy is supposed to do this with a SIPE plugin, but I have<br>
>> installed it, and it's not connecting. I do have the sipe plugin working on<br>
>> my windows box through pidgin however, so I know it's possible.<br>
><br>
> SIPE is an extension of SIP (which is used for VOIP), so you might<br>
> look at SIP clients. Ekiga is probably the first place I'd suggest you<br>
> look. I haven't played the field much beyond that.<br>
><br>
> Pidgin is available for Linux, but I don't remember if the SIPE plugin<br>
> ever got ported over from Windows land.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> 3. SecureCRT or something like it for SSH/SFTP connectivity. Needs to have<br>
>> a nice directory tree where I can sort our 300-400 servers into folders for<br>
>> easy use.<br>
>> - Installed SecureCRT from Vandyke on Ubuntu, but it locks up parts of X<br>
>> when run, so maybe it's not ideal.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I'm not familiar with any particular tool on Linux which combines SSH<br>
> terminal, SFTP and directory support.<br>
><br>
> Most desktop environments support SFTP as a built-in feature, and you<br>
> can use their concept of shortcuts to connect to network servers.<br>
> Think of it like Windows' built-in support for FTP, but perhaps a bit<br>
> better-exposed. As for terminal connections, I really don't know. I<br>
> use console SSH.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> 4. RDP Client like RoyalTS, where I can sort our 100 or so windows servers<br>
>> into groups, and each RDP session is contained within the window so I don't<br>
>> wind up with 20 windows open (too hard to manage)<br>
><br>
> KDE and GOME both have decent RDP clients. Search your system's<br>
> package repos for 'RDP'.<br>
><br>
>> 5. Office, word processing, spreadsheet.<br>
>> - Libre office seems quite nice, so I think I'm all set here.<br>
>> 6. Visio and Project :(<br>
><br>
> Closest I'm aware of is Dia. Personally, I find it drives me up a wall.<br>
><br>
>> 7. VMWare Virtual Infrastructure Client.<br>
><br>
> You're boned. vSphere client doesn't run on anything but Windows. Best<br>
> you can do, AFAIK, is remotely connect to a machine running the<br>
> vSphere client, or run a local Windows VM. This is one reason I've<br>
> been sprinting on learning Xen lately.<br>
><br>
>> 8. NetAPP Storage Manager<br>
><br>
> Unfamiliar with it.<br>
><br>
>> 9. Windows Domain tools (ADUC, DNS, DHCP, DFS, GPMC,<br>
>> Exchange Management Console)<br>
>> - (ugh. probably have to be in a VM of some type, looking<br>
>> for recommendations. I like Oracle's Virtual Box, but haven't looked for<br>
>> a Linux version)<br>
><br>
> VirtualBox is available for Linux, but it's under a noncom license.<br>
> It's probably your best first pass, regardless. If that doesn't work<br>
> out for you, try qemu-kvm. There's also Xen, but I can't recommend<br>
> that for workstation use quite yet. Still looking into it.<br>
><br>
>> 10. Connectivity for Cisco VPN on ASA.<br>
>> - Standard IPSEC VPN tools will probably work, but I haven't looked for<br>
>> any.<br>
><br>
> OpenSWAN. Also, NetworkManager should have VPN support if you install<br>
> the right packages. (I don't know which these are off the top of my<br>
> head)<br>
><br>
>> 11. Good LDAP Manager. Is there Apache Directory Studio for linux?<br>
><br>
> Without googling, I don't know. Given that it's Apache, probably.<br>
><br>
>> 12. Cisco IP Communicator (soft-phone) - probably not. :(<br>
><br>
> Absolutely!<br>
><br>
> Ekiga is a very good first pass. It works well on Linux, not so well<br>
> on Windows. If you want to get a little nittier and grittier, give<br>
> Linphone a try.<br>
><br>
>> 13. A nice multi-time-zone clock that stays on the desktop. I use Qlock on<br>
>> windows, and it's perfect.<br>
><br>
> Chose your desktop environment, add a bunch of clock widgets.<br>
><br>
>> 14. A nice on-desktop task reminder list. I use 'rainlendar' on windows,<br>
>> which I just found, and is awesome!<br>
><br>
> Dunno.<br>
><br>
>> I think that's about it. Some of this stuff just isn't possible on linux<br>
>> for licensing or other stupid reasons. So I think I will have to run a VM of<br>
>> some type, so suggestions on that front would be awesome. How far has WINE<br>
>> come ?<br>
><br>
> It runs World of Warcraft very well, and some other things. :)<br>
><br>
> Check the WINE application database to check application support on a<br>
> per-app basis:<br>
> <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/</a><br>
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