>> >> > > I need to run a Java 8 app remotely. Can this be done on Gentoo? >> > >> > <snip> >> > >> >> > Citrix also has a product called XenApp which is interesting because it >> >> > is >> >> > supposed to provide only the app as a service instead of the whole >> >> > desktop: >> >> > >> >> > https://www.citrix.com/products/xenapp/overview.html >> >> > >> >> > Many (all?) of these don't have a Linux client but some have an HTML5 >> >> > browser plugin client. I will try some of these and report back. >> >> > >> >> > - Grant >> >> >> >> Citrix has the citrix receiver (look for icaclient on the tree) which >> >> will >> >> run a remote desktop on your Gentoo. >> > >> > Or only the application window when using xenapp. >> > >> > I'm not sure if it will work with a Linux desktop. Always seen it used >> > with MS Windows. >> >> I installed icaclient but I'm starting to think I have the wrong idea >> about all of these DaaS offerings. I'm looking for a way to avoid >> managing an OS and instead just manage an app or (at most) a desktop >> and access it remotely. It looks like Citrix (and probably all of the >> DaaS providers) don't actually provide an OS, they just provide the >> remote control capability. So hooking up with them is a substitute >> for managing VNC, not a substitute for managing the OS. Do I have >> that right? >> >> - Grant > > icaclient = {net-misc/tigervnc,net-misc/tightvnc,www-apps/novnc,et al.} > equivalent. > > You still need a remote OS, with a desktop environment running there so that > you can connect to it. > > If this is available then you can run the application you want as a > virtualised (remote) app and receive this on your local desktop, running > within a window. I remember setting up some MSWindows app on Windows 7 and > receiving this on a gentoo desktop using xfreerdp.
Bummer. FYI guys, Amazon Workspaces, Amazon Appstream, and Microsoft Azure RemoteApp kinda work the way I've described but they all have limitations which exclude them from working for me in this case. It looks like I'll be admin'ing another remote Gentoo system for this. - Grant
