[LUNI] New to Linux

[Richard Lindas]

We are considering supporting our product on some Linux platforms.  Right
now versions of our product runs on four different versions of UNIX, Novell, 
and Microsoft.

For Novell and Microsoft our product is installed on a file server with
workstations executing the application.  Of course in the case of UNIX, the
applicaton executes on the server with dumb terminals or PCs running
terminal emulation for the human interface.

Can someone give me a very broad overview about the way a Linux server
would handle this?  I imagine Linux would handle it like UNIX.  That leads me
to ask, how do the Linux workstations handle the application on the server? 
 Is it using some sort of terminal emulation?  Can dumb terminals still be 
used?  Is there a way of using Windows for the workstations?

I have to design a test plan for the most likely configuration we will
have to support.  I will most likely be determining what configurations we
will and will not support. 

Thanks in advance.

Rick