Virtual Remote Application

[Jimmy]

Is there any way I can run a virtual application from a freebsd FreeBSD server? Akin to Citrix or Microsoft RDS? So from a remote workstation I can launch a copy of a remote virtual application?

 

[SirDice]

Is there any way I can run a virtual application from a FreeBSD server? Akin to Citrix or Microsoft RDS? So from a remote workstation I can launch a copy of a remote virtual application?

These aren't "virtual applications", with both Citrix and RDS you are running an actual application. The application itself runs on the server, it's the display (or just a window) that gets transferred to a client.

The entire X Window System is built around this idea from the ground up. A remote X session runs all applications on the server and only transfers the "screen" to the client. If you install an X server on Windows you can tunnel X over SSH. Starting a GUI application will open the window on the Windows client.

Alternatively there are various VNC servers and clients which acts a bit like RDP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

 

[Jimmy]

These aren't "virtual applications", with both Citrix and RDS you are running an actual application. The application itself runs on the server, it's the display (or just a window) that gets transferred to a client.

Which is the very definition of a virtualised/virtual application.

The entire X Window System is built around this idea from the ground up. A remote X session runs all applications on the server and only transfers the "screen" to the client. If you install an X server on Windows you can tunnel X over SSH. Starting a GUI application will open the window on the Windows client.

This would be more akin to VDI/Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, whereas I am looking for the facility to launch individual applications and have them run as though they were native on my workstation.

I thought this forum was intended to help people, not to be obtuse.

 

[SirDice]

whereas I am looking for the facility to launch individual applications and have them run as though they were native on my workstation.

Which is exactly what you get with the X window system. Launch the application through a SSH session that has X forwarding enabled and the application window will open on your workstation.