Proposal for a Remote Desktop Server.

[Robert Ancell]

On 06/03/2011 03:57 AM, Marcelo Boveto Shima wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Robbie Williamson <robbie at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> On 06/02/2011 08:46 AM, Marcelo Boveto Shima wrote:
>>> If x2go is the choice for Ubuntu, I have no problem with it, but
>>> I think it is important to add support for managing remote desktops
>>> technologies in the core of the session manager. That is the solution I'm
>>> proposing. The solution will involve lightdm developers and can be started
>>> now and be stable for Ubuntu 12.04 lts release.
>> Just for the record, anything involving lightdm development should go
>> through the Desktop team, specifically Robert Ancell.
> Yes, the final word is from the lightdm developers. But the blueprint
> is from the ubuntu-server so I was talking to them first.
>
> Ubuntu Server Team decided to use x2go.
> I was asking them to promote the idea of adding remote destkop feature
> to lightdm.
>
> Basically what we need for remote desktop is those 2 features and
> a way for the greeter to talk to the X server (Xvfb, nxagent, Xrdp, Xvnc,
> etc).
>
> NX greeter <-> lightdm <-> nxagent
>
> RDP greeter <-> lightdm <-> Xrdp
>
> I my opinion this is excellent way to promote lightdm.
>
> If Robert is interested in helping the discussion should continue in the
> LightDM list.
Absolutely interested, the list is lightdm at lists.freedesktop.org for
those who aren't aware.