Stephen Rowles wrote:
>> Does anyone know if there are there any GPL equivalents to this
>> commercial product?
>>
>> http://www.thinstuff.com/products/lx-server/
>>
>> ( a multi-user X server combined with an RDP (remote desktop) server )
>>
>> I want to give (Windows) desktop users access to a remote copy of the
>> Firefox web browser running on a firewalled and sandboxed Linux server.
>> Basically I need a multi-user X server combined with a VNC or RDP
>> server. I don't want a whole remote Linux desktop, just a remote
>> Firefox window for several users.
>>
>> Simon
>
> I think what you want is xrdp:
>
> http://xrdp.sourceforge.net/
>
> Simply install a linux distro, set up users, they log in using windows
> remote desktop client with their own userid and password.
>
> Suse has a package that seems to work perfectly out of the box, I've not
> quite got it configured right yet.. I can connect via remote desktop but
> cannot actually get an X session :)
>
xrdp sounds perfect - but it looks unmaintained and not quite finished?
However it pointed me towards Xvncserver, which although serves up whole
desktops, looks like it may do the job.
Simon
