[X2Go-User] Python3-x2go
Seth Galitzer
sgsax at ksu.edu
Wed Mar 1 19:00:12 CET 2017
Wyse (Dell) D50D, running embedded Suse Linux, which seems to be a
special compressed minimal image based on that distro. I have 56 of them
in my lab. After trying for a year to find out if/how I could build my
own X2go package, I finally talked to a tech who said it wouldn't be
possible and they were in the process of rolling out a new Linux image
across their product line. That's the one who also told me it was
ordinary x86 hardware and there wasn't any reason I couldn't roll my own.
Wyse used to have a pretty nice forum and wiki with user-contributed
documentation, and I seem to recall finding info on building custom
packages for the platform there. That all eventually disappeared when
Dell acquired the company and I apparently didn't save anything I had
gathered previously. That's why I'm building my own platform now.
Seth
On 03/01/2017 11:42 AM, brian town wrote:
> What thinclients are you using if you don't mind my asking
>
> On Mar 1, 2017 12:31 PM, "Seth Galitzer" <sgsax at ksu.edu
> <mailto:sgsax at ksu.edu>> wrote:
>
> Long story short: In my thin client lab, we use an RDP client to
> connect to Windows Remote Desktop Servers and have been using XDMCP
> to connect to Linux X desktops. I want to use X2go for the superior
> performance, reliability, and security over XDMCP, but am unable to
> do so due to limitations by the thin client platform vendor. The
> hardware is apparently ordinary x86 so I'm working on rolling my own
> minimal image to accomplish this.
>
> With the current platform, we have desktop shortcuts that to run the
> RDP/XDMCP clients to various hosts. I'd like to try and duplicate
> that with my new image so I don't have to retrain my users. I'm
> scripting freerdp-x11 for RDP connections (with NLA). After trying
> various ways to script x2goclient, I finally discovered pyhoca-cli
> and it works exactly the way I want it to.
>
> So that's why I hope it stays available in some form for a while. If
> there's a better way to run x2goclient completely "headless" or
> transparent to the user, I'd be happy to hear it. I've been
> searching through documentation and haven't found a way yet to do it
> the way that I want.
>
> I already have my PXE server setup, but haven't decided yet if I'm
> going to boot from a network image, or push the image down to the
> clients to pre-load for booting. My minimal debian image with all
> necessary tools is currently just over 2GB uncompressed. I'm not
> opposed to TCE, but I'd like to be able to at least customize the
> skin with our own branding.
>
> I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts on this. I'm relatively new to
> X2go, so I'm sure there are ways to use it to help with this project
> I haven't thought of yet.
>
> Thanks.
> Seth
>
> On 02/28/2017 06:04 PM, Stefan Baur wrote:
>
> Am 28.02.2017 um 21:24 schrieb Seth Galitzer:
>
> I hope this doesn't mean the pure CLI client is being
> abandoned. I just
> discovered it in getting a completely scripted solution for
> my thin
> clients. I'd be happy to help test should you need help with
> that.
>
>
> What exactly are you trying to achieve with the scripted PyHoca-CLI?
> There may be ways to achieve the same result using our new
> X2Go-ThinClientEditon (see
> <http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce
> <http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:howto:tce>>, or
> <http://x2go.baur-itcs.de/x2go-tce-stable/
> <http://x2go.baur-itcs.de/x2go-tce-stable/>> for builds you can
> start
> tinkering with), which uses the stock X2GoClient.
>
> Please let us know your use case, and we'll see what we can come
> up with.
>
> Also, as always, once you're happy with X2Go, please drop us a
> few lines
> we can publish on our "Success Stories" page
> (<http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:success-stories:start#success_stories
> <http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:success-stories:start#success_stories>>).
>
> -Stefan Baur
>
>
>
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Kansas State University
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