Hi everyone,
I am using OPENSuse (11.2 with KDE) at home since quite a while. Now i wanted to go a step further …
Our local library computers are very slow running XP … it takes almost a minute to open firefox only …
So since the office got new computers, i was thinking about deploying one there as “server”. The other four could connect at login to this machine and use its resources instead.
BUT: All that should run in a kiosk-like mode. In my research I found the kiosktool which apparently doesn’t work on KDE 4.3 and 4.4.
SO: Do you think it is OK to use KDE 4.2 instead (i read that it should work then)? How secure would that be?
Or my preferred way: Is there an alternative to the kiosktool? As far as it works, it looks very good but unfortunately the settings don’t save and apply …
i have to believe that the “best way” to do this with Linux was solved
long ago in Germany…i know many local governments in Europe have
been using open source a long time to drive down costs and drive up
usability/speed…
I am an active member of another OpenSource Community. I thought it would be better to ask here than in a localized forum because i think the “real” experts sit here rather than in a smaller one …
The KioskTool doesn’t save/apply anything one did since the newer KDE versions. I didn’t test it on anything older than OS11.2, but according to a text i read days ago, it worked with KDE 4.2. But i cannot test that …
Someone stated, that the concept would be replaced by KAuth in 4.4 … but that doesn’t make any sense to me?
LTSP is an idea, but i would like the machines to run on their own, if the server is offline. Should be better in public places i think.
I would connect the machines on startup using XDMCP so they use the resources of the server. The old machines are too slow as i described above. It would also decrease the amount of maintanence needed from 4 to one machine.
Matthieu-DS wrote:
> Again nothing?
> Thanks anyways,
i know a guy who maintains a kiosk setup for a children’s “science
museum”…touch screen guided learning exhibits…i’m not sure if he
used KDE (i think he opted for something a LOT less resource
demanding)…and, i’m not sure his experience would be helpful…oh,
and i’m sure he is not using openSUSE…but, perhaps i could ask him
to drop in here and take a look at your questions…
otherwise, i have NO ideas on how to help…
fact is i don’t even understand how using a new computer running
openSUSE/KDE as some kind of server (??) would help four over taxed
(and probably registry bound) XP machines run faster ???
maybe if you explained your plan a little more . . .
It is right that i am going to replace the OS on the clients. If Gnome is offering the same connect-feature as KDE i will take a look into it. KDE offers a small button on the login-screen at the bottom which says “connect to a remote machine” which i want to use.
Are there good-looking alternatives for KDE except Gnome?
A fast machine as i am using it at home is definitely faster. I connected 3 machines at home for testing and could run OpenOffice and Firefox very smoothly. And then i could finally get some larger screens 'cause the 1024-resolution is hard for average eyes on those old screens …
Ok … I have come a little further now. But one thing doesn’t quite work. I searched all around the web to find that xdmcp is also available for gnome so I can connect remotely on login. BUT the config-tool for it obviously isn’t. Has anyone an idea on how to work around this or maybe even found the tool?
