Re: RDi and Linux

["Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have yet another update on this point as it relates to easily switching to
WDSC running in VirtualBox from Ubuntu.

When in Windows XP (i.e. the VirtualBox image) select the Host key (Right
Control in my case) and release it. That puts you in a place where you can
do an Alt+Tab to go through your Ubuntu active applications.  Once Ubuntu
(the host OS) is active you can Alt+Tab back to the VirtualBox image and
once in there you can Alt+Tab to WDSC.

This might seem like a silly thing to document, but this keeps me from
having to go to my mouse and I can more easily justify loading TN5250j in
Ubuntu vs. having it in Windows because it is so easy to switch now.

Happy trails all you Ubuntu pursuants! :-)

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com



On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Wanted to post another comment as it relates to coherence, OS X, and WSDC.
>
> I started doing some research to see if other virtualization vendors had a
> similar feature and it turns out VMWare will be introducing it into the
> VMWare Workstation product in version 6.5.  This means to me that I could
> potentially move my 5 rating down to 4 because I would have a solid work
> around for using Ubuntu for my desktop while still having seamless access to
> WDSC/RDi.
>
> Later,
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Aaron,
> >
> > Check out youtube for a bunch of parallels + coherence videos. Here is the
> > first one that pops up: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rN9jNNeEd98  Coherence
> > is
> > the mode in which your windows background 'disappears' and windows apps
> > appear as just another window on the OSX desktop. The main difference is
> > that you close a mac app from the top left, a windows app is closed from
> > the
> > top right. Now I am used to that, there is no difficulty.
> >
> > I have my OSX dock on the left of my screen, and the Windows taskbar
> > across
> > the bottom of my screen. I can see all my running apps immediately. I can
> > start Windows apps from the OSX Finder (explorer) and OSX apps from
> > Windows
> > explorer. The clipboard is shared 100% between the two.
> >
> > I have an Ubuntu VM also, but it cannot run in coherence mode - only
> > full-screen or in a Window, which requires a little more management. There
> > is sharing between Linux and OSX, but it is a fraction more awkward than
> > the
> > seamless Windows+OSX interface.
> >
> > An i developer would start Windows - or just re-open the suspended VM -
> > and
> > start WDSC like you normally do in Windows. At the same time, I can switch
> > to another window that is running iWeb or Pages or Numbers or Keynote -
> > all
> > the excellent mac apps that I use.
> >
> > Now I have this set up, and I am used to the keyboard vagaries (delete is
> > really backspace but FN+delete is delete, for example), I don't think
> > twice
> > about whether an application is Windows or OSX. I prefer OSX apps, but if
> > it
> > only works in Windows, it can run on my MacBook Pro.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Trevor