So far I like what I did with openbox/fbpanel/idesk. I'm using openbox which has a desktop right-click menu that is configured via an xml file, so I can provide these users with a preset menu without f'ing up the normal menu for anybody else. In addition I have fbpanel which provides a task bar, launchers and notify area at the bottom, and idesk which adds launcher icons to the desktop as well as set a wallpaper (fbpanel and idesk are also configured via simple xml files). Once I've fully configured the user I can turn it into a home-directory skeleton for adduser, and set the owner of the config files to root so the user can't change anything.
Apart from other advantages I have a really super-fast-loading desktop. Now I'll set up a shell script which checks if the user is a member of a particular linux group, and if so always launches this openbox session, otherwise launching the regular Gnome / KDE / other desktop, and set it as the command to launch Gnome/KDE/etc in NX. One pending question... does anyone know how to make a script respond to a change in desktop size? I want to re-run the command that sets the wallpaper if possible. Ramon Casha On 8 December 2011 08:56, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[email protected]>wrote: > I had once done something of the sort using fvwm. > On Dec 8, 2011 6:59 AM, "Ramon Casha" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I could give it a try. Do you know if you can customise the panels / menu >> / etc. and then lock them down so that the user can't launch anything >> except the provided menu links? >> >> >> >> Ramon Casha >> >> >> On 7 December 2011 19:41, Philip Serracino Inglott <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> did you consider LXDE? >>> It uses Openbox anyway and is the desktop environment of Lubuntu which >>> I've had a good experience with. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Philip >>> >>> >>> On 7 December 2011 15:13, Ramon Casha <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yep, me too. Gnome Shell and Unity are constantly competing for >>>> suckiness. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ramon Casha >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7 December 2011 14:10, Anton Xuereb <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> honestly...i don't know who actually still uses gnome 3....people at >>>>> work had nothing but problems with it.. >>>>> >>>>> i changed over to mint 11 and still on gnome 2.3 atm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 7 December 2011 13:52, Ramon Casha <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Raphael is right. It's about dumb / diskless terminals so there's a >>>>>> lot about PXE booting etc which I don't need. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think I've found what I wanted though - a combination of openbox + >>>>>> idesk to handle the desktop icons + fbpanel to provide a panel at the >>>>>> bottom. I completely gave up on Gnome. The latest policy of "can't change >>>>>> any settings" means I can't get it to work as I want it to :( >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ramon Casha >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7 December 2011 13:34, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> LTSP is strictly about dumb terminals. Thats not what you always >>>>>>> need. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On a sidenote, Jonathan, please fix your email client. It screws up >>>>>>> the threading of the mailing list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Jonathan Aquilina < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is the Linux Terminal Services Project which I think is >>>>>>>> what you would want for your given project :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jonathan Aquilina >>>>>>>> Get a signature like this. >>>>>>>> <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=18&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_18> >>>>>>>> Click >>>>>>>> here.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=18&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_18> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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