I had tried it a while ago. It doesn't do redirection. Just display. >From a licensing point of view, an implementation of an RDP server is a shady business.
I would also consider VNC if this is for a commercial offering. On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Ramon Casha <[email protected]>wrote: > NX is pretty expensive though. Have you tried every xrdp over the internet? > > Ramon Casha > > > > On 9 December 2011 10:41, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> 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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