[GRLUG] Thinking of app servers

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 14:20 -0500, Ben DeMott wrote:
> I would love to make this work on my Mac... more than just 1
> application at a time though.
> So if you are using Gnome how do you start a remote Gnome Session /
> Connect to a remote X Server with Gnome?
> I've heard plenty of people say "Well you should be able to just do
> this", but I've never actually seen it working.

AS far as kicking up the required components via D-Bus it does "just
work".   

I'll double check but I'm pretty sure I've setup nothing out of the
ordinary.

> I have seen it working with XNest but thats not a true remote session
> -> but I digress.
> Maybe the supplied window manager that comes with X does this more
> gracefully? TWM or whatever?

?? I still don't get this.  GNOME/KDE are *NOT* window managers.  The
Window Manager is nothing but a Window Manager.  [Although many people
do seem to confuse Desktop-Environment & Window Manager].  The Window
Manager is a client [which which is the "server" in X speak] component -
it runs on your local display.

> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>         On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Alex Colcernian
>         <alexc at disklessworkstations.com> wrote:
>         > Hi Michael,
>         > I'm curious to learn more about what your trying to
>         accomplish, and why
>         > LTSP may or may not be a solution for you?
>         I use it all the time.
>         * Gimp running on server box, displaying on laptop
>         * Rhythmbox running on theater box, displaying on laptop
>         I've also run, e.g. Firefox or Thunderbird on an at-home box,
>         displaying on a box not at home.