On Monday 01 Feb 2016 09:13:55 Grant wrote: > >> > > I need to run a Java 8 app remotely. Can this be done on Gentoo? > > > > <snip> > > > >> > Citrix also has a product called XenApp which is interesting because it > >> > is > >> > supposed to provide only the app as a service instead of the whole > >> > desktop: > >> > > >> > https://www.citrix.com/products/xenapp/overview.html > >> > > >> > Many (all?) of these don't have a Linux client but some have an HTML5 > >> > browser plugin client. I will try some of these and report back. > >> > > >> > - Grant > >> > >> Citrix has the citrix receiver (look for icaclient on the tree) which > >> will > >> run a remote desktop on your Gentoo. > > > > Or only the application window when using xenapp. > > > > I'm not sure if it will work with a Linux desktop. Always seen it used > > with MS Windows. > > I installed icaclient but I'm starting to think I have the wrong idea > about all of these DaaS offerings. I'm looking for a way to avoid > managing an OS and instead just manage an app or (at most) a desktop > and access it remotely. It looks like Citrix (and probably all of the > DaaS providers) don't actually provide an OS, they just provide the > remote control capability. So hooking up with them is a substitute > for managing VNC, not a substitute for managing the OS. Do I have > that right? > > - Grant
icaclient = {net-misc/tigervnc,net-misc/tightvnc,www-apps/novnc,et al.}
equivalent.
You still need a remote OS, with a desktop environment running there so that
you can connect to it.
If this is available then you can run the application you want as a
virtualised (remote) app and receive this on your local desktop, running
within a window. I remember setting up some MSWindows app on Windows 7 and
receiving this on a gentoo desktop using xfreerdp.
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Regards,
Mick
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