Discussion Thread: Thin Client X Window Systems

[Daniel Stone]

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 10:05:51AM -0700, Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> This message is intended to start a thread of discussion of X issues 
> that pertain to reduced or
> non-Linux and non-Unix desktop environments, ie LTSP, X-on-Windows, 
> SunRay, VNC, X terminals, embedded X.
> 
> These environments are in danger of being ignored or outright crippled 
> by the onslaught of major feature
> advances that we see happening on the mainstream Linux and Unix 
> desktops, yet, there are
> considerable populations of users and developers for whom 
> one-organism-one-OS is not a preferance.
> 
> We need to develop ideas that advance these populations as well.  Issues 
> are easy to find: better management
> of heavy high and low bandwidth networks, the effect of many Gnome and 
> KDE class desktops on shared
> central servers,  hot desktopping,  remote device attachment.

The question being, should we attempt to manage the network side of it?

LBX hasn't provided many tangible advantages in terms of being able to
usefully run a modern desktop over low-bandwidth (and/or high-latency)
links.  The two projects which have shown the most promise are external:
SSH and NX.

NX seems the most promising, although there is funny licensing abound in
that project, and we can't just merge it straight in.

So, my question is, should we try to encourage and develop
low-bandwidth/high-latency solutions, or should we just sit back and let
SSH and NX keep on doing this?

:) d
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