[GRLUG] Linux application publishing

Bill Littlejohn billl at mtd-inc.com
Wed Jul 12 20:24:58 EDT 2006


I /am/ interested in per-user instances.
I use UltraVNC on all of my machines (~50) and have never seen any 
option related to running a specific application on connect. Is this a 
config option on the Linux server side?
BL

Michael Mol wrote:
> You can do it with VNC.
>
> Instead of using a full xinitrc, you can have it run the specific
> application you want.
>
> Are you looking for per-user instances, or a shared instance?  If
> you're looking for per-user instances, you'll want to look at running
> the vnc server from inetd.
>
> On 7/12/06, Bill Littlejohn <billl at mtd-inc.com> wrote:
>   
>> What options are out there for publishing Linux applications similar to
>> Windows Terminal Services?
>> i.e. Applications run in a window, not having a full Linux desktop.
>>
>> I don't have any specific application as yet.
>> I'm looking to open my options for business and productivity
>> applications like Kontact, Kexi, Kopete.
>> Those happen to be KDE apps obviously but I'm interested in many others.
>> There are some very nice desktop apps available.
>>
>> I know of NoMachineNX. But it's a little pricey at $1500.
>> I'm not sure LTSP is corporate ready or not.
>>
>> Any personal experience or suggestions for further research?
>>
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>>
>> Bill
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