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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