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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