Mille-xterm components and features list

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Mille-xterm components and features of version 1.2

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mille-xterm-appserver

  • Configuration of the desktop to fit thin-client
    • Provides a default KDE profiles
    • Disable screen saver
    • Configure the menu for educational purposes
  • Support for login and logout scripts with sessman
  • Local applications with runlocal
  • Support for flash 7 with ESD
  • Configuration of XFS
  • Configuration of GDM
  • Tool to configure an application server
  • Preventing multiple sessions over the cluster for the same user

mille-xterm-configurator

  • Inventory and grouping of terminals
  • lts.conf parameters management with heritage
  • Printer list management
  • Activity log viewer
  • LDAP authentification
  • Automatic hardware groups
  • User defined parameter
  • Report interface
  • Web administration interface, compatible with elinks
  • Automatic node retreiving for easy classification
  • Integration with pxeconfig

mille-xterm-bootserver

  • Generation of initrd and client root by using the distribution packages
  • Configuration of NFS and tftp
  • Scripts to install initrd on disk
  • Support for master and slave servers
  • Possible to configure for high availability with heartbeat
  • Boot splash with progress bar
  • Support for loadbalancer

mille-xterm-getltscfg

  • Can retreive the configuration from the central database
  • Backward compatible with the lts.conf file

mille-xterm-loadbalancer

  • Random weighted list algorithm
  • Customizable criteria for server evaluation
  • New variables easy to define
  • Uses XML-RPC and is multihreaded
  • Grouping of application servers

pxeconfig

  • Configure the boot as defined in the configurator (terminal, local, etc.)

pam-storepw

  • Store the user's password for single sign on

libhideprinters

  • Filter the cups printer list as defined for this terminal

mille-xterm-soundapplet

  • Tray applet that launches alsamixergui on the thin-client for sound adjustment

mille-xterm-teachtools

  • Observe, control and display to thin-clients sessions
  • Right management done with the configurator
  • List of sessions generated by their thin-client group ownership
  • VNC trafic is local to the classroom
  • Graphical user interface in TCL

All software is packaged with RPM, except pxeconfig.

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