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Asked: 2014-05-01 18:37:40 +0800 CST

Serving Applications from Linux server to Chromebooks/Browsers?

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I'm looking for a way to serve desktop applications (RemoteApp style) to a Chromebook (or other web browser), but running on a Linux server. All of the systems I've come across thus far (XenApp, VMWare HorizonView) are for virtualising Windows apps.

I'm aware I could do this with VNC/RDP for entire desktops, but I'm wanting to only send a single application rather than the whole desktop.

Cheers,

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1 Answers

  1. X11 has been doing this for AGES.

    X11 allows for displays to run over the network. This can open the entire desktop or just a single program, and will act like that program were running locally. Security is an issue - usually X forwarding is done over SSH to provide encryption.

    Chromebooks do provide some limited support for X forwarding over SSH. You will have to try it and see if it works well for you. This blog post is one example of someone using it on a chromebook: http://blog.tomtasche.at/2012/01/developing-on-chromebook-part-3-x.html?m=1

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