And that's why we implemented localapps.
Running firefox as a localapp will let you do fullscreen flash just fine.
As I mentioned, LTSP is either using X11 over SSH or SSH only for authentication. In the second mode, your credentials are sent securely but the actual X11 events are send unencrypted, so that's actually faster than any OpenVPN/IPSEC you may use.
iTalc can be used for monitoring ("Network eye"), it can autodetect LTSP thin clients and show their screens to the manager. Then the manager can lock them, do a demo or take screenshots.
For limiting web access, it's not built-in LTSP but using a SQUID web proxy usually does the trick.
Yes, LTSP has been around for more than 10 years now and is really about making all that easier.
It lets the user choose if he wants to connect to a Windows server using RDP or to a Linux box either using X11 over SSH or just using ssh for authentication and X11 clear on the network for better performance.
The main addition is having a login manager for that which can call a lot of hooks, mount the home directory directly on the thin client and then mix local and remote applications.
The website has been moved to faster servers. If you created an account before the move or during, please use the "Request new feature" of the login page as the mail queue has been lost. The website seems dreaming fast now, try not to break it again guys:)
Well, we reached slashdot, digg and wired frontpages almost at the same time so indeed the web server is having a bad time:) The sysadmins are working on it and we hope to have something faster (we don't say fast) soon.
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And that's why we implemented localapps. Running firefox as a localapp will let you do fullscreen flash just fine. As I mentioned, LTSP is either using X11 over SSH or SSH only for authentication. In the second mode, your credentials are sent securely but the actual X11 events are send unencrypted, so that's actually faster than any OpenVPN/IPSEC you may use.
iTalc can be used for monitoring ("Network eye"), it can autodetect LTSP thin clients and show their screens to the manager. Then the manager can lock them, do a demo or take screenshots. For limiting web access, it's not built-in LTSP but using a SQUID web proxy usually does the trick.
Yes, LTSP has been around for more than 10 years now and is really about making all that easier. It lets the user choose if he wants to connect to a Windows server using RDP or to a Linux box either using X11 over SSH or just using ssh for authentication and X11 clear on the network for better performance. The main addition is having a login manager for that which can call a lot of hooks, mount the home directory directly on the thin client and then mix local and remote applications.
The website has been moved to faster servers. :)
If you created an account before the move or during, please use the "Request new feature" of the login page as the mail queue has been lost.
The website seems dreaming fast now, try not to break it again guys
Well, we reached slashdot, digg and wired frontpages almost at the same time so indeed the web server is having a bad time :)
The sysadmins are working on it and we hope to have something faster (we don't say fast) soon.