[K12OSN] OT: Screen capture software

Les Mikesell les at futuresource.com
Fri Apr 25 19:06:18 UTC 2008


Ryan Collins wrote:

>> A teacher has asked what to use to get a high resolution screen
>> capture. Her point of comparison is some utility that she has on her
>> Mac but since I have never used a Mac, I have no idea what it is. She
>> is using StarOffice/OpenOffice as part of a technology project and
>> wants to show screenshots (in detail) of the menus/etc. The
>> PrintScreen approach is not of sufficient resolution for her needs
>> since if she 'blows up' the screen capture, it blurs into being
>> useless.
> 
> Install X11.app on her Mac and then start up an X connection (X -query 
> ltsp.server.com) to your LTSP server. She can then use her Mac and the 
> software she's familiar with. This also allows her to do screen shots of 
> logging in and what not.

You should also be able to use the Mac NX client for this with freenx on 
the server.  That would probably end up being her preferred way to 
access the k12ltsp system if she is using a second system now.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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