Posted by dashohoxha on November 16, 2010 at 4:37pm
Has anybody tried to access ASYCUDA World from Ubuntu?
I had tried it before without success. Righ after giving the username
and password and clicking OK, it tried to connect and failed with
a network connection error.
I wondered why. I thought that it may be related to the version
of Java, but I didn't have try to fix it.
Last week I tried to install on Ubuntu the same Java that was
installed on the server (1.5.013). And it immediately worked.
I am thinking that it would be a good idea to use Linux on the
custom border points, since it is more flexible, stable and
secure. It is also safe from viruses.
What do you think would be a recommended configuration
of Ubuntu for this purpose?
Comments
Agree with your proposal
Dear Dasho,
Thank you very much for sharing your experience with Ubuntu & AW. I totally agree with you to use any desktop LINUX compilation - newer version of UBUNTU should be perfect choice and maybe in future we can introduce a special LINUX compilation which can best fit in AW requirements and customs needs. Very soon your idea can be true story...
I agree with you
@Dasho, thank you for sharing your experience. You raised a valid point of using Linux for ASYCUDA configuration due to its stability and flexibility. On the configuration aspect, I am normally a bit paranoid. On all my Linux boxes, I normally have setups that only permit access to only necessary ports (With IP Tables) on the server within the network. I have not done this yet with ASYCUDAWorld but will be soon sharing my experience as you did in the near future. I feel this is critical for ASYCUDA.
@Vahidin, I support your thought...Yes why not have a Linux compilation for ASYCUDA? We can use Turnkey. What do others think?
I would prefer edubuntu
I think that edubuntu is the best: http://edubuntu.org/screenshots
I has built-in support for LTSP (booting thin clients from the network), it has Pessulus (locking down the desktop), it has Nanny (controlling when and how the internet can be used), it has iTalk (checking the view of the remote desktops), it has Sabayon (profile manager). What do we need more? I don't even know what all these things mean, however I think that they are about easy centralized control of the remote computers.
I would prefer edubuntu
I used Ubuntu a long time ago :-). I just downloaded edubuntu. I will try it over the weekend especially for my kid.