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Re: Mac clusters in practice

Hello Konrad,

I'm not sure if I properly understood everything, because my answers would be embarrasingly simple. Still, in case they are the correct ones, let me have a try.

1) Using GUI programs over the network

This is such a trivial thing in the Unix/X11 world that we didn't even think about it before buying the Macs. However, I haven't yet found a satisfactory solution that lets users log through an Internet connection (ssh) and run graphical programs on the Mac cluster.  I have tried the following:

- VNC: unusable on machines with French keyboards (I tried only the free version)

- DesktopTransporter: usable only as long as there is no more than one user per machine, and even then it's too much of a pain to use for daily work.

- Timbuktu Pro: unusable through our firewall, which blocks everything but ssh access.

If you're well satisfied with X11, then why not use that on MacOSX? I believe X11 doesn't come installed as standard with OSX, but the DVD that comes with your Macs has an optional installer for X11. Also, you can download it from Apples website.

If you want a full desktop projection option instead of just a couple of x-wondows you may want to try Apples Remote Desktop. The client is installed on every MacOS machine. I don't know if this would fix your French keyboard problem. But can you not set the keyboard layout on the cluster machines to be the same as the keyboard you're using with your desktop?

greets,
Peter


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So I got a Macintosh.


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