newest experiments

There really is little to give up moving avimark to wine/linux 

I now have been able to run avimark  client/server  with the guardian program running on the linux server.

I can run a totally native linux client either in standalone, or client/server connected mode.

I can run windows boxes and linux boxes in a mixed environment.

I can re index natively on the linux server.

I can run rdp sessions to the linux server concurrant with other native windows sessions and native linux sessions all in the same environment

I can use open office or libre office 

Netnotes works on Linux / WINE, complete with the avimark merge words. 

As it turned out, the last nut to crack was the native linux session on a linux client.  As it works out, you cannot access avimark through the nautilus browser and have it run correctly.  You have to mount the server drive/directory through the fstab configuration file at startup.  If avimark.exe appears with the real avimark icon, it will run.  If the real avimark icon isn't visible in the nautilus browser, it will not.

Finally using a simple bash script, it is possible to create a simple desktop icon for the end user to start avimark.

In essence, once set up, they can just double click on the avimark icon like in windows, and the session will appear to them, just like it did on the windows machine.

The only things you give up are

1. Updates must be loaded by off loading to a windows machine, updateing and then transfering back to the linux machine  (fails crc check through the automated avimark update system)

2. the real time spell checker has to be turned off for certain notes windows to work

3. certain key combos like ctrl alt f10 are reserved for the linux system, and the menu/mouse alternatives must be used.

4. certain times you must either access the appt book or another feature before the system will recognize a click on the magnifying glass (client lookup)

5. SENDING LOTS OF MONEY TO MICROSOFT FOR UPGRADES.