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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