[X2go-dev] Ubuntu 9.10 and Kcontrol module

[Cyril Vergne]

Thanks Paul & Jonh for your replies. You didn't see the reply of John
? Maybe because he inconsciously click on "reply" and not "reply to
all" which didn't happen if we use a forum (Yes, I don't like the only
optioin "Mailling list" ;-) )

(Such a pain to do the "layout", around 25min ;-) )

> Cyril Vergne schreef:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm new here. I don't have developper skills like most of you but
>> there's no Web-Place to talk about this nice product X2go.
>John : "<grin> Many of us are in the same boat!"
> Paul : "If you like a forum, you can go to here:
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.terminal-server.x2go.devel
> You can also post messages there."
>
>> I'm doing some testing to implement this solution for some of my
>> clients. I tested Ulteo and NX Nomachine. After some more researches I
>> found the FreeNX project which apparently was not supported anymore ...
>> till I found this X2go project.
>>
>> I read about linux4africa where I can find some ideas of implementation,
>> the blog about x2go, but not enough to see the real functions of x2go.
>>
>John :"We have found it an outstanding project.  I just wish I had the
>profitability to fund Heinz and Oleksandr full time! (working on it
>though ;)  )."

They'll find funds quickly with the Cloud Computing technology !! I'm
sure the donations would be huge if the x2go product seems to be
stable and followed.


>John :"The documentation is quite sparse.  We are feverishly working on a pile
>of documentation we hope to donate as soon as we finish it.  In the
>meantime, you can ask away on the list and we'll help as we can.

I'll make a new post on the mailing list to expose my case and my needs.


>> In my case for example, I love Ubuntu and I really want to propose it to
>> my client. But there is a big problem about x2go on Ubuntu : No
>> administration console.
>
> I am not sure what you exactly need. I don't use the administration
> module. You can live without it ;-)
>
What i need it's an easy interface to control / maintain / supervise
the x2go users, servers, sessions. You live without the administration
module ? Fine ... for you. Can you give me at least the configuration
files we have to play with ?

>> Apparently the module kcontrol is not any more installable on this
>> distibution (Ubuntu 9.10 in my case and probably the 10.04 in few
>> months) ... and nobody talk about it.
>>
>> Is anyone found the solution in this case ?
>John :"We started on Ubuntu as our base platform and eventually became quite
>disenchanted for many of the same reasons cited by the Mepis project
>when they switched from Debian to Ubuntu and then back to Debian.  We,
>too, have switched to Debian.  We are also very favorably disposed to
>RedHat but find the RedHat schedule too slow and the Fedora schedule too
>aggressive for our needs.  Debian Lenny + backports is about the best
>balance we can find.
><snip>
>Good luck with X2Go; it is truly a fabulous solution - John"


> First development platform is Debian. There are packages for Ubuntu, but
> not everything is supported there.
>
> We would like it if comebody would make Ubuntu-packages, but the point
> is that Ubuntu makes many releases. It would cost much time.
>
> The point for me not using Ubuntu on a server is that it does not give
> security support on many packages. Try this command and you will see you
> are using many packages without security-support:
>
> aptitude search '?and(~s universe,~i)'
>

I'm sure Debian is a great product . Ubuntu was based on it. I worked
in IT for 10 years and I have always been between Microsoft and Linux.
But I know the easiest linux platform for "windows" users is Ubuntu. I
tried some before and I really feel Ubuntu will be THE alternative of
Windows for users.

>> I read about the reason to not get a forum and I don't get it. The forum
>> is easy to find an answer with the search module.
>
> You can search this list on many pleases, e.g. here:
> http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.terminal-server.x2go.devel
>
>> And you don't have to
>> go there everyday to see if there's some new topics or updates, you just
>> have to configure the notifications.
>>
>> Hope the X2Go project will be followed by many many people !!
>
> You can follow the list by mail, usenet news, as 4 kinds of rss-feeds,
> as a forum and blog-like....
>
>> Wish you a nice day.
>
> You too ;-)
>
> If you don't like mailinglists, try Gmane. Works very nice.
>
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.
>
>
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> http://www.vandervlis.nl/
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