On 09/15/2010 09:34 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote: ... > This isn't really what I'm looking for. What I want to do is rather > unusual. > > I want to put an embedded system in someone's office. Embedded > because I don't want them trying to log on or mess with it in any > way. And the idea is that on that system I'd like to have OOo so > when someone is using Windows or OS X or Linux, they could somehow > run OOo on the embedded system, yet have the display show on THEIR > computer. > > My main reasoning for this is that the system prints out data that > will be formatted and I still notice the issue that we can format > documents on one computer, then use them on another and find out the > fonts don't quite match so a 1 page document on one computer has one > page and one line on the next page on the other computer. > > My goal is to make it so someone in the office can write a document > from the embedded system and later a Java program on that computer > will be printing out copies of that with a mailmerge. That way > printing can be started from any computer, but it all happens on that > one system so there's no formatting issues. > > I don't think that's possible, unless I use VNC or go to a kiosk type > setup on Linux or something like that, and then they'll have to have > a keyboard, monitor, and mouse for my system in their office. > > I was hoping for a longshot, maybe because of the nature of > OpenOffice and Java, that there was some type of framework where a > Java applet in a browser could run OOo from the host system in some > way. Like I said, that idea is a longshot.
Set up a linux machine with an account for each user & then use NoMachines NX. For personal use the server & client bits are free for linux, the client bit is free for Windows whether commercial or personal. Basically what you are talking about here (if I understand correctly) is (in the Win world) a server w/terminal server clients. You can also set up NX so that they only open a certain application rather than an entire desktop. NX uses ssh for secure connections & is immensely faster than VNC. Using NX you can set this all up for free for personal use - use that to test to see if that suits your needs. If so, then be sure to obtain a proper commercial use license for the office. http://www.nomachine.com/ http://www.nomachine.com/download.php Commercial: http://www.nomachine.com/store.php http://www.nomachine.com/testdrive.php http://www.nomachine.com/experimental-products.php The above will cost you due to the commercial use. But keep in mind that you can use it for any other application as well. If you lack $$ then you can use the completely opensource version of FreeNX or neatx: http://freenx.berlios.de/ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX However, I think neatx still has issues that IMO say it's not ready: http://code.google.com/p/neatx/ FreeNX tends to lag a bit behind nomachines fixes/releases but certainly well supported by the community. Also see: http://www.nomachine.com/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR04C00186 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
