sydney-troz
October 29th, 2008, 05:50 PM
Hi everyone,
In giving out (K)Ubuntu disks to people who are dissatisfied with their Other OS's, the problem often arises that, while ooohing and aaahing over a livecd, or maybe even a Wubi install is all well and good, initial setup (downloading favourite apps, setting up an IM client, etc.) can be a show-stopper if I am not able to sit down with the person and show them around. In such cases, it would be extremely convenient if CrossLoop's software ran on Linux -- and I don't just mean accessing a windows machine by running it in wine, either.
CrossLoop uses VNC, which takes care of most of the OS-specific dirty work, and already runs on all the major platforms. As I understand it, CrossLoop (not the social-networking part, just the desktop software part) is basically a front-end to VNC that tracks time, provides encryption, and allows both users to connect outwards from their networks, getting rid of the firewall problem -- how hard could it be to port this to Linux/Mac?
I'm sure I'm not the only person to think this, and Canonical is always working with various companies/industries to improve the Linux experience. CrossLoop does plan to port to Linux at some point in the future, but nothing seems to be terribly concrete -- does anyone else think it would be neat if they could strike up some sort of a deal with CrossLoop to help the process along? What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
Syd
In giving out (K)Ubuntu disks to people who are dissatisfied with their Other OS's, the problem often arises that, while ooohing and aaahing over a livecd, or maybe even a Wubi install is all well and good, initial setup (downloading favourite apps, setting up an IM client, etc.) can be a show-stopper if I am not able to sit down with the person and show them around. In such cases, it would be extremely convenient if CrossLoop's software ran on Linux -- and I don't just mean accessing a windows machine by running it in wine, either.
CrossLoop uses VNC, which takes care of most of the OS-specific dirty work, and already runs on all the major platforms. As I understand it, CrossLoop (not the social-networking part, just the desktop software part) is basically a front-end to VNC that tracks time, provides encryption, and allows both users to connect outwards from their networks, getting rid of the firewall problem -- how hard could it be to port this to Linux/Mac?
I'm sure I'm not the only person to think this, and Canonical is always working with various companies/industries to improve the Linux experience. CrossLoop does plan to port to Linux at some point in the future, but nothing seems to be terribly concrete -- does anyone else think it would be neat if they could strike up some sort of a deal with CrossLoop to help the process along? What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
Syd