Experiences with KDE-CVS at LinuxWorldExpo

[Adam Treat]

On Monday 04 November 2002 03:58 am, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
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> I think there are two distinct models to solve tasks like that, and I think
> KDE needs solutions for both:
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> # 1 #
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> Thin or very thin clients. No program runs natively on the client (apart
> from just the X server) -- all applications run on one or more centralized
> servers, which also store the user "profiles",  probably in a database or
> in an LDAP directory.
>
> # 2 #
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> "Fat" clients. A complete set of all programs are installed on the clients.
> "Profiles" and home directories are on central file servers. The profile is
> retrieved if the user logs in and decides about the subset of programs the
> user is allowed to start and use.

Ok, so you've narrowed it down to thin clients and workstations.  Does this 
GUI app work only with Linux or must it work with the *BSD's?  Is it 
responsible for the actual deployment and configuration of the non-KDE OS ie, 
does it need to configure X, kernel, printing system, network shares, ssh, 
mail server, etc, etc.  If so, then we are talking about a _huge_ parameter 
space.  IMHO, the only way an app such as this could be successful is to 
narrow the scope considerably OR make choices for the system admin thereby 
limiting the situations where the tool could be used.  I'm really trying to 
understand what you are looking for ... ?

I like the idea, but I fail to see how it could be executed successfully.

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> Of course, this is not just concerning KDE applications. It is to be
> applied to all programs. (After all KDE is an environment friendly enough
> to let GNOME, OpenOffice.org, Netscape, Mozilla or whatever applications
> run on its desktop...)
>
> The argument for the creation of a GUI program is not just "to do a favor
> to all these ex-NT administrators" whom we want to enable to administer a
> large environment of KDE desktops in an enterprise. It is also doing a
> favor to all Unix/Linux people who like GUIs too. After all, KDE is about
> GUIs, by and large... Or am I missing something?   ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Kurt

 
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