Terje J. Hanssen wrote:
Thomas Goettlicher wrote:
Hi everyone,
we want to redesign the YaST Control Center. Therefore we are looking
for a radical new design.
This is your chance to share your ideas regarding YaST Control Center.
Please feel free to contribute with mockups and (unconventional) ideas
here: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Development/New_Control_Center
Thanks,
Thomas
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Suggestions:
1. Frontend GUI client - Backend server:
The YaST frontend GUI client should be easy and secure to run optional
on another machine, on a LAN or remotely over Internet. This for all
admin/config tasks on servers and workstations as well as installing
Linux if possible. While keeping the existing VNC solution, maybe a
browser based interface similar Webmin and/or some a kind of a
fullfledged thin client (NX) are useable.
since YaST is an X windows program it ALREADY has that capability.
All you have to do is change the DISPLAY environment variable
to that of another X display, and then, on that display, run
an xhost command to allow programs running from other machines
to show their windows on that display, and YaST *WILL* do
exactly what you say.
The problem here is not a lack of capability with the current
design, merely a lack of knowledge on your part about how to
display an X windows program on a remote host.
2. On the opposite side, although this is not part of openSUSE so far,
all the Novell clients for Linux, GroupWise, Teaming+Conferencing etc.
that exist for Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES2/NOWS), should also
be possible to run locally on that server directly. This makes it
possible to use a single lab workstation for testing all server
functionality and services locally.
3. YaST tools to include:
a) NX server and client:
Make available an easy to use YaST tool to integrate the OSS FreeNX
server and client. Optional also the non-OSS but free NoMachine NX
server and clients. This way it will be easy and fast to do remote login
an run Xapps with speed.
b) Host and client OS Manager:
With experience from pre-Solaris, a host tool to customize and install,
setup and manage OS images for various client types. This could be "full
desktop clients", "diskless clients" (X terminals) to boot over the
network from the OS server, or medium "dataless clients" just with local
boot and swap from a local storage (USB/CD or other). Maybe include kiwi
to create the ThinClient images.
Rgds,
Terje J. Hanssen
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