Well the problem with freenx / neatx is precisely that - they are unmaintained. I don't want to go for an unmaintained project.
Ramon Casha On 9 December 2011 10:19, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[email protected]>wrote: > 2X had a terminal server which is based off NoMachine. > It might be oldish and unmaintained as they dropped the project. > > http://www.2x.com/downloads/#termserver > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Ramon Casha <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Damn, I just found the catch with NX... The "free server" available from >> nomachine is actually a stripped-down version that is limited to 2 >> sessions, and it seems that FreeNX and NeatX are both dead. Is there a >> decent, non-restricted, open source terminal server for Linux available? >> >> >> >> Ramon Casha >> >> >> >> On 8 December 2011 12:06, Anton Xuereb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You could use something like nitrogen and then run nitrogen --restore to >>> restore desktop >>> On Dec 8, 2011 11:24 AM, "Ramon Casha" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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. 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