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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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| * As it is only possible to install applications on chromeOS (running on an original chromebook) via the [[https:// | * As it is only possible to install applications on chromeOS (running on an original chromebook) via the [[https:// | ||
| + | ==== Better sound support, Part 1 ==== | ||
| + | * Code has been developed to clean up how pulseaudio is called on all three platforms | ||
| + | * This brings Pulseaudio sound to Mac OS X, which currently isn't available in the standard release | ||
| + | * This also contains the option to make sound unidirectional, | ||
| + | * The code needs to be rebased against the current mainline X2Go client | ||
| + | * Status update: | ||
| + | * 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. | ||
| + | * no ETA yet | ||
| + | ==== Android Client ==== | ||
| + | * TheQVD project has an NX based remote desktop solution that uses nxproxy natively on Android (https:// | ||
| + | * 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: | ||
| ===== X2Go Server ====== | ===== X2Go Server ====== | ||
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| * An HTML5 Client could help to build native apps and render sessions on a [[https:// | * An HTML5 Client could help to build native apps and render sessions on a [[https:// | ||
| * In the first step, it would be possible to use existing vnc< | * In the first step, it would be possible to use existing vnc< | ||
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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/ | ||
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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' | + | * Status update: |
| - | + | * This is now Work in Progress | |
| - | ==== Better sound support, Part 1 ==== | + | * NX-Rewrite is taking place with the Arctica Project |
| - | | + | * currently sponsored by Qindel |
| - | * This brings Pulseaudio sound to Mac OS X, which currently isn't available | + | * Worked on by Mike# |
| - | * This also contains | + | * ETA: August 2017 |
| - | * 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. | + | |
| - | * Currently available via pledge: 100 EUR. | + | |
| - | ==== 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) | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==== Android Client ==== | + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | * It should be easy to mix and match this with our codebase to create a functioning Android X2Go client. (According to Mike#1) | + | |
| - | ===== 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 " | ||
| ===== Desktop Bindings ===== | ===== Desktop Bindings ===== | ||
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