[X2Go-Dev] X2Go-TCE-MATE-Minidesktop, Contents of x2gothinclient-minidesktop Debian package

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Stefan,

On  Mo 21 Jan 2019 13:20:46 CET, Stefan Baur wrote:

> Am 21.01.19 um 12:52 schrieb Mike Gabriel:
>>
>> This has been a bad idea, as I reckon today. It can introduce all sorts
>> of breakages, if the SVG file in /etc/x2go/ is bogus.
>>
>> Furthermore, the symlinking code in
>> debian/x2gothinclient-minidesktop.links was possibly bad, too. Not 100%
>> sure with some more testing.
>>
>> Today, I would propose another approach: install a background image to
>> /usr/share/backgrounds/x2go/, make it be the default desktop-base
>> background and remove it from /etc/x2go/ entirely.
>>
>> If people want to override the default background image, they need to
>> use update-alternatives and fiddle with desktop-base themselves.
>>
>> Before I start working on a patch, let me know what you think.
>
> As you know - or well, you probably noticed from the questions I've
> asked on IRC and on this list lately - ;-), I've been working on getting
> a TCE-Live-based MMD ready for use (or at least polished up enough that
> it might catch the eye and interest of a commercial sponsor ...).
>
> In doing so, I noticed a few other peculiarities as well.  Maybe they
> stem from you not knowing better at the time, maybe they are the way
> they are because that's just how things need to be with an NFS-based
> MMD.  And maybe I just don't know enough about MATE to fully grasp what
> you did ...
>
> So maybe we should agree on a time slot and show our findings to each
> other and work out a plan, not only for this issue, but for the general
> future of MMD (or TCE-MMD-Live in particular)?

Ping me on IRC and we find a date for sticking our heads together...

;-)

Mike

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