I've used FreeNX on OpenStack with success.. There was little to do other than create a base image and launch it as many times as needed.. <div><br></div><div>The only issue we had was with high (or variable) latency connections.. But those issues are common to all virtual desktop platforms..<br clear="all">
<br>Thanks,<br>Kiall<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Jonathan Proulx <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon@jonproulx.com" target="_blank">jon@jonproulx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
People around here seem to like FreeNX quite a bit, no real experience<br>
with XRDP so can't compare the two. But FreeNX is faster than either<br>
VNC or old school X forwarding. Of course OpenStack can only handle<br>
the redirected console through VNC, but presuming the instances are<br>
running properly with the right public IP and security group setup to<br>
allow it this won't get in the way of NX as a service on the VMs.<br>
<br>
-Jon<br>
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Samuel Winchenbach <<a href="mailto:swinchen@gmail.com">swinchen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> I am working on what seems to be a rather unusual use-case for<br>
> OpenStack. This fall we would like to give every 1st year<br>
> electrical/computer engineering student a VM (ubuntu 12.04) on 512<br>
> core cluster. On this instance they will run the software required to<br>
> do their assignments, print, etc. I am only familiar with vnc through<br>
> an ssh tunnel and the performance is less than ideal. The replacement<br>
> must have a client that can run on linux, max and windows, have better<br>
> performance than vnc and be secure.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone have any familiarity with some of the other options? I am<br>
> currently considering FreeNX, and XRDP.<br>
><br>
> I looked at several other options including:<br>
> 2X TerminalServer - In the download section it does not list a client<br>
> for anything other than windows (not sure if the NoMachine client<br>
> would work?)<br>
> LTSP - A good client for windows/mac seems hard to come by<br>
> XDMCP - Again, it seems as though the client might be a problem.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Any advice, or tips, corrections are welcome.<br>
><br>
> Thank you!<br>
><br>
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