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

by Jeremy Moskowitz and Thomas Boutell  

Sybex 2005 (560 pages)

ISBN:0782144284

Don't just cope with your mixed-environment problems; solve them! With the help of this hands-on instruction guide, you'll learn how to make the most of Linux in a Windows environment, and the most of Windows in a Linux environment.

 

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Don't Just Cope With Your Mixed-Environment ProblemsSolve 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 otherslike yourselfwho 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 clientsand 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 machinesand vice-versa

About the Authors

Jeremy Moskowitz (MVP, MCSE) is founder of Moskowitz, Inc., 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 Linux and cross-platform focus. Tom is the author of the open-source gdlibrary, 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.