[TriLUG] running single X apps on a remote box (was Re: Lightweight X Desktop)

[Justis Peters]

The easiest way to "publish applications a la Citrix" is to use exactly
the technique that bugs you about traditional VNC model and what NX
does. You can launch a very thin X server for each application and don't
bother running a window manager. All you run is the app you're
publishing. If you exit the app, that X session ends. Then, you can
connect to these sessions using VNC. Use a different port or IP address
for each app you publish.

Also, keep in mind that you can tunnel your X server to other boxes
using SSH and forward the port for your local display. Then, anything
you run from the remote box will be displayed on your local X display.
Try running "ssh -X someuser at somebox" and then run "xeyes" from that
box. It will display on your local computer.

Kind regards,
Justis Peters

bak wrote:
> This is exactly the reason that I stopped using NX. I'd leave my desktop 
> logged in, and log in via NX, and Gnome would get extremely confused 
> about where to play sounds, where all my toolbars went, etc. Short of 
> rolling out another user just in order to use NX, I didn't see a way 
> around this. Really I'd just like it to publish applications a la Citrix 
> -- Banshee, RSS reader, etc.
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> --bak
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> Alan Porter wrote:
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>>  > I'll tell you, I just switched this weekend from VNC over
>>  > SSH to NoMachine's NX.  ZOMG!!  The difference was astounding.
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>> I kept meaning to try this some day, and your posting prompted
>> me to try it today.  It does seem quite zippy.
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>> However, NX seems to follow the 'vncserver' model of sharing an
>> entirely new X session.  I had hoped it would support the 'x11vnc'
>> model (also used by Windows VNC server), where it shares the
>> existing X session running on display :0.
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>> Can you do that?
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>> If not, it looks like this is a good tool for headless servers,
>> but not necessarily what I want to connect to my PC that is
>> already running at home.
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