Epoptes does not work out of the box! I get this error with socat 1.7.3.0: /usr/sbin/epoptes-client * Epoptes-client connecting to server:789… 2016/03/17 17:15:10 socat[3057] E certificate is valid but its commonName does not match hostname Here is an excerpt from man: Since version 1.7.3.0 socat checks the peer certificate for match with the <host> parameter Read more about Using epoptes on Ubuntu 15.10 Wily LTSP [Solved][…]
Install openbox, firefox, and xdotool in your ltsp chroot by running ltsp-chroot apt-get install openbox firefox xdotool exit ltsp-update-image My Command for starting Firefox in full screen mode. It’s so bad! I wish “firefox -fullscreen wo openbox & firefox & sleep 5 && xdotool key F11 Download screen script: firefox Put it
LTSP does not come with a built in VNC viewer (client) script. So, I created one. This is useful if you want your thinclients to be able to remote into MacOS or Android OS’s. I use the xtightvncviewer package. Run the following on your Ubuntu LTSP server: ltsp-chroot apt-get install xtightvncviwer update-alternatives –config vncviewer #You Read more about VNC Session Screen Script for LTSP thin clients running under Ubuntu[…]
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Green computing, green IT or ICT Sustainability, refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT. In the article Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices, San Murugesan defines the field of green computing as “the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems — efficiently Read more about Green Computing[…]
Generally, open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design. Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community. Open source sprouted in Read more about Open Source Software[…]
A thin client (sometimes also called a lean or slim client) is a computer or a computer program which depends heavily on some other computer (its server) to fulfill its computational roles. This is different from the traditional fat client, which is a computer designed to take on these roles by itself. The specific roles assumed by the server may vary, from providing data persistence (for example, for diskless Read more about Thin Client Technology[…]
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Download WordPress: http://wordpress.org/latest.zip Using a FTP client, connect to your account. (server: example.com username: example password: ****************) Make sure you are in the “public_html” directory. Make a directory (test) Unzip wordpress into (test) directory Access the wordpress installer at: http://example.com/test/wordpress More information here: http://codex.wordpress.org/
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