[GRLUG] Using Ubuntu instead of windows at work.

[Bill Littlejohn]

3.  Remmina supports rdp,vnc,xdmcp, and sftp. It allows categorizing
targets into groups and has a gnome panel plugin.
7.  VMware remote console plugin for firefox works. As does vSphere
Web Access. These combined with ssh get the job done.


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