[X2go-dev] iPAD now has X and ssh

[Paul Menzel]

Dear John and Mike,


Am Montag, den 23.05.2011, 15:47 -0400 schrieb John A. Sullivan III:
> On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 20:42 +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote:

> > On Mo 23 Mai 2011 20:04:16 CEST "John A. Sullivan III" wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello, all.  We've received a number of queries about running X2Go on an
> > > iPAD.  My understanding to this point is that the absolute fundamentals
> > > are missing.  However, I was recently sent the following:
> > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > > Given the above, what would it take to get X2Go to run on an iPAD using
> > > i-SSH? Is anyone interested if giving it a run? It's definitely outside
> > > of our skill set.  Thanks - John
> > 
> > iPad - Test Platform
> > --------------------
> > I cannot speak for Alex, but I remember the last time when a major  
> > problem about X2go  development for Mac was the loss (theft) of Alex's  
> > MacBook.
> > 
> > With an iPad the situation is probably similar: no hardware - i.e.  
> > iPad - to test on available at all.
> > 
> > Would it be a possibility to provide an iPad for testing/development?
> > 
> > AppStore and GPL software
> > -------------------------
> > There also has been an issue around AppStore and GPL in January 2011:
> > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/no-gpl-apps-for-apples-app-store/8046
> > 
> > If there will be an X2goClient for iPad in the future it will surely  
> > need a distribution pathway. How would that work? (I am not at all  
> > familiar with Macs, but may I bring up the question nonetheless?).
>
> At the least, we can probably come up with a test user.  I'm not sure if
> we can come up with a test iPAD; it's possible.  Good point about the
> distribution.  I'd imagine it has to go through the iStore.  I don't
> know if the iSSH fellow would be interested in bundling the X2Go client.
> That would save us having to deal with the iStore but also remove the
> possible revenue stream.  I do not know if there is any free / open
> source mechanism within the Apple ecosystem.
> 
> I'll also push back to some of the folks who are asking us and see if
> they have any suggestions.

XBMC [1] was ported to Apple hardware [2]. To get it installed I think
you need to jailbreak the system somehow and then you can use the
package manager (`apt-get`(?)) to install the software.


Thanks,

Paul


[1] http://xbmc.org/
[2] http://xbmc.org/theuni/2011/02/06/xbmc-update-for-ideviceappletv2/
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