Windows & Linux Integration: Hands-on Solutions for a Mixed Environment - Softcover

Moskowitz, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0782144284 ISBN 13: 9780782144284

Publisher: Sybex, 2005

Synopsis

* Don't Just Cope With Your Mixed-Environment Problems-Solve Them
* Maximize Productivity and Lower Costs by Strategically Combining the Strengths of Linux and Windows
* Leverage Windows Resources from Linux, and Linux Resources from Windows
* Meet All Your Remote and Terminal Connection Challenges with the Right Solutions

WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?

For all those who talk of a war between Windows and Linux, there are others-like yourself-who ask, "Can't we all just work together?" As Windows & Linux Integration demonstrates, it's possible, and a lot easier than you think.

It doesn't matter whether you know Windows better than Linux or vice versa. This book shows you how to make the most of Linux in a Windows environment, and the most of Windows in a Linux environment. Written by two industry-recognized experts, one from the Windows world, one from the Linux world, they will guide you with practical, hands-on instruction and detailed examples that show you how to get the job done.

Coverage includes:
* Welcoming Linux clients and servers into an existing Windows Active Directory
* Integrating Windows clients into existing Linux directory services
* Making Windows printers available to Linux clients-and vice versa
* Integrating and unifying email services for Linux and Windows clients
* Using Linux as a spam- and virus-killing machine to reduce Exchange's workload
* Running Windows applications on Linux with VMware, WINE, Bochs, coLinux, and CrossOver Office
* Using open-source porting projects to run Linux applications in Window
* Integrating Linux DNS with Active Director
* Creating web applications that work flawlessly on Linux and Windows clients
* Setting up a universal locator service for finding files on Windows and Linux machines
* Creating cross-platform, multi-user terminal servers using Windows and Linux servers for Linux and Windows clients
* Remotely controlling Windows machines from Linux machines-and vice-versa

About this title

About the Author

Jeremy Moskowitz (MVP, MCSE) is founder of Moskowitz, Inc. (www.Moskowitz-inc.com), a provider of consulting and training services for Windows and Linux. He is the author of Group Policy, Profiles and IntelliMirror, also from Sybex, and a contributor to REDMOND Magazine, Windows IT Pro, TechNet Magazine, Linux Magazine, and TechTarget.com.

Tom Boutell is president of Boutell.Com, Inc., a software development, consulting, and web hosting firm with a Linux and cross-platform focus. Tom is the author of the open-source gd library, a basic building block of many well-known open-source software packages. He is also the author of CGI Programming in C and Perl and the original World Wide Web FAQ.

Jeremy and Tom manage www.WinLinAnswers.com, where you can get answers to your toughest Windows/Linux integration questions.

From the Back Cover

• Don't Just Cope With Your Mixed-Environment Problems?Solve Them
• Maximize Productivity and Lower Costs by Strategically Combining the Strengths of Linux and Windows
• Leverage Windows Resources from Linux, and Linux Resources from Windows
• Meet All Your Remote and Terminal Connection Challenges with the Right Solutions

WHY NOT HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?

For all those who talk of a war between Windows and Linux, there are others?like yourself?who ask, "Can't we all just work together?" As Windows & Linux Integration demonstrates, it's possible, and a lot easier than you think.

It doesn't matter whether you know Windows better than Linux or vice versa. This book shows you how to make the most of Linux in a Windows environment, and the most of Windows in a Linux environment. Written by two industry-recognized experts, one from the Windows world, one from the Linux world, they will guide you with practical, hands-on instruction and detailed examples that show you how to get the job done.

Coverage includes:

• Welcoming Linux clients and servers into an existing Windows Active Directory
• Integrating Windows clients into existing Linux directory services
• Making Windows printers available to Linux clients?and vice versa
• Integrating and unifying email services for Linux and Windows clients
• Using Linux as a spam- and virus-killing machine to reduce Exchange's workload
• Running Windows applications on Linux with VMware, WINE, Bochs, coLinux, and CrossOver Office
• Using open-source porting projects to run Linux applications in Window
• Integrating Linux DNS with Active Director
• Creating web applications that work flawlessly on Linux and Windows clients
• Setting up a universal locator service for finding files on Windows and Linux machines
• Creating cross-platform, multi-user terminal servers using Windows and Linux servers for Linux and Windows clients
• Remotely controlling Windows machines from Linux machines?and vice-versa

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0782144284
• ISBN 13: 9780782144284
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 562