[K12OSN] ssh commands

[Keaton]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM, R. Scott Belford <scott at hosef.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Rob Owens <rowens at ptd.net> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Conrad Lawes <pxeboot at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I concur with  William.   I am still amazed that folks are still using
> vnc
> >> >  when  freenx or nomachine is sooo much faster and easier  to setup
> than
> >> > vnc.
> >> >
> >> > Out-of-the-box  freenx  is more secure  since it uses the ssh protocol
> by
> >> > default.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > http://www.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/FreeNX <
> http://goog_1253883863086>
> >> >
> >> > http://www.nomachine.com/download.php
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:35 PM, William Fragakis <
> william at fragakis.com>wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Using freenx server (I've had better luck with the nxclients as
> opposed
> >> >> to the freenx clients) has worked for me to have a full remote
> desktop
> >> >> via ssh.
> >> >>
> >> >> William
> >>
> >> Interesting, I hadn't heard of this software before now. I presume it's
> >> closed-source though, considering the links for 'enterprise evaluation
> >> versions' of the software on the download page. Still, seems worth
> looking
> >> at for me. Since we switched from CentOS 5 to Ubuntu 9.04, we've been
> unable
> >> to replicate the former's prebuilt VNC setup.
> >
> > NX Server is proprietary, but FreeNX is not.
> >
> > -Rob
>
> With respect to the use of FreeNX, part of my Utopian setup is a
> CentOS server running a paravirtualized, Edubuntu-themed desktop, a
> paravirtualized Debian Desktop providing DRBL services, and a
> paravirtualized LDAP/NFS/SAMBA/PDC server.  Both the CentOS server and
> the Ubuntu Desktop accept connections via FreeNX.  The compression
> algorithm is outstanding, and the packages are maintained in
> repositories.
>
> A client, be it a PXE booting netbook, a USB booting netbook, or any
> computer running a nxclient, connects, compresses, authenticates,
> loads a profile, and gets going.  Here's the thing - the client can be
> in your LAN, it can at the students' home, it can be one of our
> transitional homeless in Hawaii using a netbook through free public
> wifi, from the hospital if your kid is sick, on vacation if you are
> traveling, etc., etc., etc.  The magical gigabit connection we are
> used to seeking is automagically compressed into the freenx connection
> wherever you choose to make your LAN.
>
> Utopian LAN - all desktop are BIOS locked to pxe/etherboot/gpxe boot.
> Boot options, be they from flash, pxe, hard drive, pxe to http, etc -
> are controlled by the gpxe boot menu and administered remotely.  How
> does one achieve, and how will google achieve, the ubiquitous roaming
> Desktop via the web - the NX compression integrated into the BIOS or
> as part of your pre-configured flash drive.  I've been doing it with
> my netbooks since last year, and it's scary good.
>
> --scott
>
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Wow, I've daydreamed about setups like that but I didn't think the
technology actually existed! If only out budget were bigger... =)
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