NX is pretty expensive though. Have you tried every xrdp over the internet?
Ramon Casha On 9 December 2011 10:41, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[email protected]>wrote: > Then you should go for the real deal aka NoMachine NX. > Another possibility is using straight X over ssh if you are working over a > lan. The only drawback is disconnections and redirection of sound, files > and printing. > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Ramon Casha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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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