How Do I Run GUI Applications on a non-GUI Server

[decatur-linux]

If I install an Ubuntu server as an Application server and install the applications [such as OpenOffice, Skype, etc.] on the server and access that server with a thin client, how do these applications work if the server has no Desktop or GUI installed?

[stlsaint]

Im not sure your fully tracking how an application server (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_server) would work in this particular situation. You are wanting a LTSP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ltsp) setup.

[cariboo907]

I have iso's of many install disks for Windows programs, I just mount the iso in a shared directory, then just navigate to the directory and double click the setup file.

[decatur-linux]

Im not sure your fully tracking how an application server (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_server) would work in this particular situation. You are wanting a LTSP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ltsp) setup.

You are correct, stlsaint. The Linux Terminal Server Project [LTSP] server is what I want...and what I meant by Application server. I have not researched it, but it appears to be software that would be added to a standard Ubuntu server...or could be installed at once using the Alternate CD. I see that it provides for the installation of X, which would provide the GUI for the applications.

Question: instead of hard-wiring the terminals through a switch, could you not login using SSH/VNC, and be able to access the server remotely?

Thanks for your assistance.

[stlsaint]

Question: instead of hard-wiring the terminals through a switch, could you not login using SSH/VNC, and be able to access the server remotely?

Thanks for your assistance.

in a ltsp setup im not sure but i would think not considering you would have to setup a wireless network in which im not sure thin clients have that capability but again i have not used it myself so im not sure. Now if you were to use a normal system (not think client) than yes you may.

[haddog]

You are correct, stlsaint. The Linux Terminal Server Project [LTSP] server is what I want...and what I meant by Application server. I have not researched it, but it appears to be software that would be added to a standard Ubuntu server...or could be installed at once using the Alternate CD. I see that it provides for the installation of X, which would provide the GUI for the applications.

Question: instead of hard-wiring the terminals through a switch, could you not login using SSH/VNC, and be able to access the server remotely?

Thanks for your assistance.

Check this out: Thin Clients Booting over a Wireless Bridge

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9850

[tgalati4]

Yes, you can install gui apps on the server. Xorg dependencies will get installed. Just use ssh with x-forwarding:


ssh -2 -Y decatur@alabama