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wiki:development:new-feature-brainstorming [2014/06/26 14:02]
stefanbaur Fixed sorting of items (client stuff belongs into client category, etc)
wiki:development:new-feature-brainstorming [2016/05/02 10:32]
stefanbaur [Rewrite of NX Agent/X2Go Agent]
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 ====== New features for X2Go ====== ====== New features for X2Go ======
  
-Below you find a list of new code projects that we are interested in, but noone has started working on them, yet. +Below you find a list of new code projects that we are interested in, but no one has started working on them, yet. 
  
 ===== X2Go Client ===== ===== X2Go Client =====
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   * This also contains the option to make sound unidirectional, so you can mute the microphone directly in X2GoClient   * This also contains the option to make sound unidirectional, so you can mute the microphone directly in X2GoClient
   * The code needs to be rebased against the current mainline X2Go client   * The code needs to be rebased against the current mainline X2Go client
-  * Mihai (ionic) would be willing to do so for a fee of 200 EUR, but is under time constraints. +  * Mihai (ionic) is working on this as time permits, sponsored by an anonymous donor via BAUR-ITCS. Additional donations always welcome, though, as it turned out to be way more work than expected.
-  * Currently available via pledge: 100 EUR. +
 ==== Android Client ==== ==== Android Client ====
-  * TheQVD project has an NX based remote desktop solution that uses nxproxy natively on Android (https://github.com/theqvd/theqvd/blob/master/nx/nxcomp-3.5.0-android.patch)+  * TheQVD project has an NX based remote desktop solution that uses nxproxy natively on Android (https://github.com/theqvd/theqvd/blob/master/nx/nxcomp-3.5.0-android.patch & https://github.com/theqvd/theqvd/tree/master/libqvdclient/android)
   * It should be easy to mix and match this with our codebase to create a functioning Android X2Go client. (According to Mike#1)   * It should be easy to mix and match this with our codebase to create a functioning Android X2Go client. (According to Mike#1)
 +  * Here's a technology preview of how you can run X2Goclient on Android - no root required, but does have quite a few limitations: http://youtu.be/3h_kiY78Ks4
 ===== X2Go Server ====== ===== X2Go Server ======
  
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   * An HTML5 Client could help to build native apps and render sessions on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_element|HTML5 Canvas]]   * An HTML5 Client could help to build native apps and render sessions on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_element|HTML5 Canvas]]
   * In the first step, it would be possible to use existing vnc<->canvas proxies like [[http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/|noVNC]] or [[http://guac-dev.org/|Guacamole]].   * In the first step, it would be possible to use existing vnc<->canvas proxies like [[http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/|noVNC]] or [[http://guac-dev.org/|Guacamole]].
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 +==== Better sound support, Part 2 ====
 +  * While X data is compressed depending on the settings chosen in the client (available bandwidth and whatnot), no such compression takes place for the audio stream
 +  * Changing/fixing this may mean writing a wrapper around/a plugin to pulseaudio, or ditching PulseAudio altogether for some other sound system (which needs to be available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux)
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 +===== NX-Libs =====
  
 ==== Rewrite of NX Agent/X2Go Agent ==== ==== Rewrite of NX Agent/X2Go Agent ====
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   * Currently, NX Agent/X2Go Agent is based on old X-Server code   * Currently, NX Agent/X2Go Agent is based on old X-Server code
   * This needs to be rewritten so it can be built against current X.org   * This needs to be rewritten so it can be built against current X.org
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   * estimated cost at regular hourly rates of an average coder: 50.000 EUR   * estimated cost at regular hourly rates of an average coder: 50.000 EUR
   * Crowdfunding planned, volunteers (both coders and funders) welcome   * Crowdfunding planned, volunteers (both coders and funders) welcome
-  * so far, there's only one pledge for 10.000 EUR +  * Status update: 
- +    * This is now Work in Progress 
-==== Better sound support, Part 2 ==== +    NX-Rewrite is taking place with the Arctica Project (https://arctica-project.org/
-  While X data is compressed depending on the settings chosen in the client (available bandwidth and whatnot), no such compression takes place for the audio stream +    currently sponsored by Qindel (http://www.qindel.com/
-  Changing/fixing this may mean writing a wrapper around/a plugin to pulseaudio, or ditching PulseAudio altogether for some other sound system (which needs to be available on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) +    * Worked on by Mike#and Ulrich 
- +    * ETA: August 2017
-===== NX-Libs =====+
  
 ==== Upgrade GLX extension in NX (redistributed) ==== ==== Upgrade GLX extension in NX (redistributed) ====
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   * This coding project would be a start to gradually update the Xserver extensions shipped with NX   * This coding project would be a start to gradually update the Xserver extensions shipped with NX
   * During this project you will get a deep insight into Xserver code. You need good C and Cplusplus skills to start this code project. You have to be a magician with C coding debugging tools!!!   * During this project you will get a deep insight into Xserver code. You need good C and Cplusplus skills to start this code project. You have to be a magician with C coding debugging tools!!!
 +  * Status update:
 +    * This will hopefully be fixed in "Rewrite of NX Agent/X2Go Agent" as well
  
 ===== Desktop Bindings ===== ===== Desktop Bindings =====
wiki/development/new-feature-brainstorming.txt · Last modified: 2016/05/02 10:32 by stefanbaur