RE: [Sheflug] LTSP / KDE

[Seb James <seb [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 11:05, Morris, David (Allvac, UK) wrote:
> > > Alternatively, any ideas how the kde greeter could be changed to 
> > > something with fewer bells 'n' whistles?
> > 
> > The gnome display manager is very nice for an ltsp 
> > environment, and "knows" about remote XDMCP connections. When 
> > the login manager (gdm) makes a remote connection to the 
> > server, the user is not presented with shutdown or reboot 
> > options. We've also built a custom gdm theme could be 
> > configured for your site and which implements these features.
> 
> Gnome has it. I've removed KDE and installed GNOME and it looks a lot
> better. Possible a bit less network traffic as well, which is good.
> 
> Next question. Bearing in mind I don't want my shop floor users to play
> about with multitudes of settings and 'toys', what's the recommendation
> for the window manager? I've also got xfce3 on the box but it's
> currently set up to use fvwm. If I stick with the latter, where's the
> panel configuration stored? I've had a dig in /etc/opt/gnome but
> couldn't see anything obvious. I want to be able to give the users just
> what they need and nowt else.

If you want to set up the Gnome environment, read the Gnome
administrators guide and specifically the "gconf" and "menu" sections at
http://www.gnome.org/learn/

gconftool-2 is the command that you use for setting up default settings
for your users. Very command-line, but it does the business.

It is possible to use the Gnome display manager and get a KDE desktop,
by the way.

Seb James
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