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Fmstrat / winapps

Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.
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A few suggesntions an ideas #115

Open lucasplcorrea opened 3 years ago

lucasplcorrea commented 3 years ago

Hello, first I wanted to congratulate you on the project, it is a very cool project and it helped me a lot to start converting my workstations to the linux environment.

The app is cool and works well, but I would like to leave registered some features that would be interesting to implement in a future update:

1 - redirection of USB ports: on a linux computer I use 3 USBs where a webcam, a biometric reader and an A3 digital certificate are connected, my application needs to identify the biometric reader and the webcam to take pictures in a register and also collect the biometrics of people (I work in a notary), and the certificate to sign documents electronically, with the redirection my application would work 100% with the help of winapps.

2 - A GUI interface: a GUI helps a lot in implementing solutions and makes the project easier to use, especially if you have options that can be changed in the GUI such as: server's IP address, whether or not you want to redirect USB ports (and if possible, choose which ports to redirect). Insert new apps and customize your icons. I know that all of this is possible to be performed by the terminal, but let's face it, a graphical interface is much more badass.

Anyway, after all, I want to thank you again for the project that brought a very cool idea and that will certainly help many people.

gabrc52 commented 3 years ago

For 1) you can open Virt Manager and redirect USB ports, since it's just a VM

lucasplcorrea commented 3 years ago

For 1) you can open Virt Manager and redirect USB ports, since it's just a VM

So, I don't use a VM, I use an RDP Server, so I can't transfer the USB ports, and besides, the server is in a not very accessible place. But it is a good idea if I used the VM.

gabrc52 commented 3 years ago

Oh I see, I'm not sure if RDP supports USB redirection but it would be pretty cool to have it :)