[GRLUG] Linux application publishing

Bill Littlejohn billl at mtd-inc.com
Wed Jul 12 22:42:21 EDT 2006


Sorry, you did answer the stupid question I posted below.
Long day...
BL

Bill Littlejohn wrote:
> 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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