AVIMARK on IPOD via RDP on LINUX

Remoter pro (a 10 buck app) makes it a joy with the translucent keyboard and trackpad.

 BIG NEWS for Avimark users.

So it is that I have spent the last 3 weeks of spare time figuring out the next step in computing upgrades for the office.  With the impending death of Windows xp next spring ( or at least the end of active microsoft support)  has me looking at what's next

I loaded a demo copy of Window server 2008, thinking I'd try out terminal services.  I was able to get it running, but the terminology, and plethora of settings was not trivial.  I also started thinking about linux again

I've run 2 offices on linux servers for years, but all the work stations are various flavors of Windows running Avimark practice management software.

Several years back.  I tried Avimark in linux using the Wine application loader.  It kinda worked.

Big news.. this time with Ubuntu 12.04 and Wine 1.5xx it worked.  I spent much of the last 3 weeks figuring out the settings to give me an optimal Avimark setup.

I also have accomplished stable terminal sessions via Remote Desktop Protocol.

It may not seem like much, but running terminal sessions is as fast as running Terminal services on a Microsoft 2008 server.

The cost savings will be very significant.   Nothing says updates in Avimark won't break this, but the gamers keep the Wine team on their toes

Since the server is doing all the heavy lifting, I can use my ageing fleet of windows computers as terminals and get a significant speed boost.  Upgrades can be incremental instead of all at once. 

A significant plus, is that I can log in on my ipad via a secure tunnel, as well as use it over the wireless in the office.  This also solves the problem of trying to use notebooks on a wireless network.  As many can attest, it was slow, and it was unstable.

I went live on 5 terminals in the office this week, and after tweaking settings, it all works.  It can peacefully coexist with other stations running on windows.

The only thing I had to give up was the real time spell checker. (direct screen writes blanked the child screens like notes and mcr)  The spell checker  can be left on, but the auto correct while typing has to be turned off.   Stay tuned.