On 0, SteveM wrote:
> Fellow Debians,
>
> I have seven systems scattered around the house. I thought a NFS and a
> shared /home would solve my file sharing problems but it doesn't help
> with desktop app configs.
>
> What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience, i.e. same kicker applets,
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 16:24 -0700, SteveM wrote:
> Fellow Debians,
>
> I have seven systems scattered around the house. I thought a NFS and a
> shared /home would solve my file sharing problems but it doesn't help
> with desktop app configs.
>
> What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience,
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:24:03 -0700
SteveM wrote:
> Fellow Debians,
>
> I have seven systems scattered around the house. I thought a NFS and
> a shared /home would solve my file sharing problems but it doesn't
> help with desktop app configs.
>
> What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience,
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:34:54PM -0700, SteveM wrote:
> On Saturday 11 July 2009, Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> > I see this come up on the LTSP list every once in a while where a
> > school wants to have everybody in the lab log in as "student". The
> > consensus on that list is that it isn't worth th
On Saturday 11 July 2009, Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> > Suggesting another DE is sort like suggesting I speak another
> > language. I've got 5+ years invested in understanding the crap pile
> > that is KDE. Better the devil I know.
>
> Well I wasn't really suggesting you switch, just explaining why I ca
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 03:52:19PM -0700, Steve McCarthy wrote:
> On Saturday 11 July 2009, Rob Owens wrote:
> > I typically use Fluxbox and Gnome (and a little LXDE). I haven't used
> > KDE in years, so I can't comment on it specifically.
> >
> > I also haven't NFS mounted /home in quite a while.
You may want to look at session migration with one of these:
xnest - Nested X server
xoo - graphical wrapper around Xnest/Xephyr
xserver-xephyr - nested X server
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The server/client thing seems to make sense, running X sessions
remotely seems the best bet.
Did you have a look at eyeos? I guess it's a similar approach, with a
different DM, so to speak.
[1] http://eyeos.org/
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On Saturday 11 July 2009, lee wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:24:03PM -0700, SteveM wrote:
> > What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience, i.e. same kicker
> > applets, same konsole profiles, same amarok playlists, same xpad
> > postits, etc, whereever I login. I'm a KDE type, but afaict
On Saturday 11 July 2009, Mike Castle wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:13 AM, John Hasler wrote:
>
> Instead of launching FF directly, I launch a wrapper with picks a
> different profile based on the machine name (and whether it's under
> VNC or not). I keep one profile as the master, and have a
On Saturday 11 July 2009, Rob Owens wrote:
> I typically use Fluxbox and Gnome (and a little LXDE). I haven't used
> KDE in years, so I can't comment on it specifically.
>
> I also haven't NFS mounted /home in quite a while. I remember when I
> did it that different versions of Gnome caused me gr
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:13 AM, John Hasler wrote:
>
>> And many apps keep files open while running, leading to lockouts or
>> races.
>
> Elucidate.
Firefox.
You can only have a profile open on one machine at a time.
Very annoying.
There is no need to a profile to be tied to exactly one runnin
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:24:03PM -0700, SteveM wrote:
> What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience, i.e. same kicker applets,
> same konsole profiles, same amarok playlists, same xpad postits, etc,
> whereever I login. I'm a KDE type, but afaict the issue affects all
> DE's.
It's proba
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:50:29AM -0700, Steve McCarthy wrote:
> On Friday 10 July 2009, Rob Owens wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:24:03PM -0700, SteveM wrote:
> > > What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience, i.e. same kicker
> > > applets, same konsole profiles, same amarok playlists,
steve writes:
> I suspect this configuration isn't supportted.
It is supported by any proper X client.
> For instance, many apps store window locations in pixels.
Bug. Whoever wrote those thinks he's writing for Microsoft Windows.
> And many apps keep files open while running, leading to locko
On Friday 10 July 2009, Rob Owens wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:24:03PM -0700, SteveM wrote:
> > What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience, i.e. same kicker
> > applets, same konsole profiles, same amarok playlists, same xpad
> > postits, etc, whereever I login. I'm a KDE type, but afa
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 04:24:03PM -0700, SteveM wrote:
> Fellow Debians,
>
> I have seven systems scattered around the house. I thought a NFS and a
> shared /home would solve my file sharing problems but it doesn't help
> with desktop app configs.
>
> What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Expe
steve writes:
> Is there a non-web-based UDE?
Yes. It's called "The X Window System". Run all your "apps" remotely on
one machine.
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Fellow Debians,
I have seven systems scattered around the house. I thought a NFS and a
shared /home would solve my file sharing problems but it doesn't help
with desktop app configs.
What I'd like is a Universal Desktop Experience, i.e. same kicker applets,
same konsole profiles, same amarok
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