[FreeNX-kNX] FreeNX Android-Java

[Alastair Johnson]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Alastair Johnson wrote:
>> Paul Hassinger wrote:
>>> I know there was some success in using freeNX using Java (with the
>>> binaries compiled).
>>>
>>> I am wondering if anyone has worked on porting freenx to Android.
>>>
>>> I realize that you would need root access to get the binaries
>>> installed, but would it then be possible to use the Java Android Java
>>> API to run the client?
>>>
>>> Just wondering if there's anything in the works or it sounds reasonable?
>> Since Android doesn't use X it seems unlikely we'll see a client or 
>> server any time soon. NX is, after all, a means of accelerating remote X 
>> connections. It's possible someone will write an X server for Android 
>> like they have for qtopia, in which case running nxcl may be possible if 
>> you can get native binaries onto the system.
> 
> Should it be possible to vnc-shadow a freenx session with an ordinary 
> vnc viewer?  Even though it wouldn't be as nice, it might be easier to 
> come up a vnc implementation on simple devices and it could at least 
> give some access to your working sessions.

I've not used the vnc shadowing yet, but it sounds plausible. A vnc 
viewer for Android ought to be a relatively simple port from an existing 
java viewer.