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[all variants] LTSP vs Windows Terminal Server

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I had an interesting conversation with one of our younger admins, this is another Linux vs Windows discussion. We were talking about Terminal servers for support tasks of some of our customers when he told me that Linux wont give you the same functionality or configuration?? I popped off ok maybe with gaming but we're talking business here and as we primarily use Linux anyway why not keep continuity? Linux has proven to be the most reliable OS in our entire company based on the simple fact that the majority of all IT trouble calls are of course user related, training, or Windows errors. All (Hardware)

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