[sclug] Display XDMCP app in a web browser?

[J.Mann]

> In order to accomplish X window applications to run inside a web browser 
> the recommended method (if not the only method at current) is to make a 
> Java applet act as a fake X Server so that X Client will be able to use 
> it like a normal X Server. Shouldn't be too hard, only take about 10 - 
> 20 programmers about 6months - 1year to write, you better off getting 
> tarantella, citrix (or similar) or just switch to web based monitoring, 
> maybe even think about just using VNC :)


You can find a GPL Java X Server here:

  http://www.jcraft.com/weirdx/

It also runs as an applet.

Regards,
Jon






On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 04:20:17PM +0000, Ian Michell wrote:
> Ganguly, Sapan wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >Does anyone know of a way I can display a single app (Etherape) in a web
> >browser connecting to my machine?
> >
> >I would like to give Windoze clients accessing my Redhat 9.0 machine via
> >Internet Explorer a look at a running copy of Etherape.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Sapan
> >
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> >
> In order to accomplish X window applications to run inside a web browser 
> the recommended method (if not the only method at current) is to make a 
> Java applet act as a fake X Server so that X Client will be able to use 
> it like a normal X Server. Shouldn't be too hard, only take about 10 - 
> 20 programmers about 6months - 1year to write, you better off getting 
> tarantella, citrix (or similar) or just switch to web based monitoring, 
> maybe even think about just using VNC :)
> 
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