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Docker Desktop enables you to create virtual desktops that can be accessed remotely. It comes with Firefox and Libreoffice already installed!

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Unpack config.tar #11

Closed dscho closed 10 years ago

dscho commented 10 years ago

It makes hacking substantially harder if files are not committed directly but instead inside .tar files.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin johannes.schindelin@gmx.de

dscho commented 10 years ago

Okay, I got it tested now.

FWIW my plans (if I get around to implement my plans) are to

make it seamless (i.e. without a desktop; the Xpra windows are then integrated into the client's desktop as if they were stand-alone windows)
use a patched Xdummy to allow virtual screens larger than 2048x2048 (see http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Xdummy)
avoid generating a password by using a private/public key pair
start the Xpra desktop right away, not only the sshd
provide a convenient shell script to connect to the running container

rogaha commented 10 years ago

Hi @dscho, thanks for putting it all together! Now it's much easier to hack it indeed! :)

Your roadmap is very interesting, but I have one doubt: If we don't have a desktop, how are you planning to interact with the applications (open and close)? It would be much better indeed if the applications were rootless and with a desktop were we can call them. Maybe I misunderstood something, please let me know!

rogaha commented 10 years ago

LGTM

dscho commented 10 years ago

@rogaha the seamless integration offers the desktop as its own window... if you call that from Linux, that desktop window actually overlays your current desktop rather than being presented as a real window.

rogaha commented 10 years ago

Hum... I see! It would be cool! I can't wait to see that! :) Do you know how it would be on Mac or Windows?

dscho commented 10 years ago

@rogaha I only know that on Mac (where Xpra starts in X11) it is a separate window. Not all that pretty, but works, still. (And I like it better than all of the windows in one single one.)

rogaha commented 10 years ago

Yeap! Indeed! :)