On Sep 15, 2010, at 10:24 PM, NoOp wrote: > 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.... > > 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
This is very close to what I'm looking for. I still have to go through and evaluate all of them. The one issue I see right off would be with NX and the pricing, since it's for business and each copy would go in a separate office, so the pricing is really, and I mean REALLY high. But I'm looking them all over to see what I can come up with from all of those options. Thanks! This is the kind of longshot I was hoping someone would bring up! Hal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
