On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:26:48 -0700, gallun wrote > Seems like there are some interesting options to be considered for > ASPing X-11 applications? Is anyone using Citrix on Solaris the > Solaris version hacked to run on Linux? > > It seems like LTSP/LTSP methodology is really a way to network boot > thin clients. As suggested on could have a local LTSP boot > server/VPN server on site to speed up the time of network boots and > provide security for connectivity to centralized applications. > > Citrix works very well for distributing single applications over low- > bandwidth links. Depending on the application, the LTSP workstation > could kick off an "application export request" just after starting X. > > However, it seems that one should be able to publish a single > application to an X-11 user as well. > > Why not have single applications export their displays over a > network with some kind of LB-X on the workstation?
Well, I'm not sure what you're getting at. But X always 'published' single apps over the network, it was made to do that. You used to do that with 'xhost' and 'export', nowadays you do it with 'ssh -X'. X can also export desktops, which is what LTSP uses. Starting from the desktop on the LTSP client, you can 'slogin -X' to any other machine and start graphical applications. What I have read is that LBX isn't much use over LANs, but over a dialup connection it might make a difference.. I haven't tried it. In that case, I think it works by running proxy servers at both ends, and actually exporting single apps, not desktops. Which reminds me, you can also emulate the session feature of Citrix whereby you can simply unplug a client and plug it in later and resume where you left off. But you can do it with apps only, by using a proxy server similar to the LBX, called xmove. Pretty slick. -- bhaskar ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
