[X2go-dev] OT: X2Go desktop distribution choices
Paul van der Vlis
paul at vandervlis.nl
Tue Jan 5 09:30:32 CET 2010
John A. Sullivan III schreef:
> Hello, all. We have been struggling over whether we wanted to offer
> Ubuntu or Fedora desktops to our users via X2Go. However, as we
> struggle in that debate, we are unexpectedly beginning to entertain the
> idea of using Debian instead.
I think that's a good idea. There is much more experience with Debian
then with Fedora. And about Ubuntu I would say to try this:
aptitude search '?and(~s universe,~i)'
... and you will see you are using many packages without security
support. I think that's maybe sometimes OK, but not for a thinclient server.
> May I ask what your experiences have been?
I have some years experiences with Debian thinclients in small
organisations, and I can tell you it works fine. I have used FreeNX
(with ThinStation) and now a little bit X2go.
Biggest problem was always flash, the quality of flash in a bigger
format is not good enough in my opinion and it can slow-down a user session.
Another point is to connect devices to clients. That's not always easy.
> What are your preferred desktop clients and why? If Debian, is it
> stable + backports or testing?
I have experiences with Debian stable and oldstable. I have heard X2go
works fine with testing. I use sometimes backports, e.g. for OpenOffice.
Always running testing is not a good idea in my opinion, it changes to
much. But you can do it for a short time.
> We are looking at supporting potentially many thousands of these
> desktops. Thanks - John
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
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