There are many ways to provide an “anywhere” desktop with all your files and settings immediately available. Firstly, on a Linux based virtual server, you can provide a desktop orientated operating system such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, SuSe running a VNC server. This will allow a user on any computer in the world to connect to the system remotely with VNC, and to use office applications in OpenOffice, to browse the web in Firefox, to email in Thunderbird or similar – all from their virtual desktop. Alternatively, on a Windows based machine, you can use remote desktop with Server 2003 web edition to run all your normal Windows programs. Windows licensing is more expensive, but for a lot of people the ubiquity of Windows is the important thing – all their applications will run and they are used to the interface.
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