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Citrix Receiver Demo

Yeah Citirx on this thing is gonna be awesome. I have been playing with the CitrixCloud demo on my Miestone and it is sweet, I can't wait to be able to play with it on the Atrix.

atlbuc said:
And for people thinking this is only for Enterprise use, all you have to do is download the Citrix XenDesktop for personal or client use.
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This isn't actually correct. In order to run a single XenDesktop session you actually need 3 virtual machines, you need a Windows server domain controller for the virtual environment, then Citrix recommends a second 2008 server to run the desktop provisioning, and then a third machine that actually hosts and executes the virtual environments. Since with Citrix you aren't just connecting back to a physical machine, like with Go To My PC, Log Me In, or VNC; you are actually connecting to a virtual machine that is being run on demand in a server.
XenDesktop is actually a bare metal solution, it has to run on a physical machine as the main OS, it can't be virituallized, then everything else runs inside that.
I have been digging around online to try and find a quick and easy way to setup a XenDesktop machine to play with when I get the Atrix; but thus-far I have been unsuccessful.
I am still digging into this and I will report back and let everyone know if I find an easy way to roll your own XenDesktop solution, and I would love feedback and advice from the community if anyone has any ideas.
 
binaryhellstorm said:
Yeah Citirx on this thing is gonna be awesome. I have been playing with the CitrixCloud demo on my Miestone and it is sweet, I can't wait to be able to play with it on the Atrix.



This isn't actually correct. In order to run a single XenDesktop session you actually need 3 virtual machines, you need a Windows server domain controller for the virtual environment, then Citrix recommends a second 2008 server to run the desktop provisioning, and then a third machine that actually hosts and executes the virtual environments. Since with Citrix you aren't just connecting back to a physical machine, like with Go To My PC, Log Me In, or VNC; you are actually connecting to a virtual machine that is being run on demand in a server.
XenDesktop is actually a bare metal solution, it has to run on a physical machine as the main OS, it can't be virituallized, then everything else runs inside that.
I have been digging around online to try and find a quick and easy way to setup a XenDesktop machine to play with when I get the Atrix; but thus-far I have been unsuccessful.
I am still digging into this and I will report back and let everyone know if I find an easy way to roll your own XenDesktop solution, and I would love feedback and advice from the community if anyone has any ideas.
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Yes you are correct and I have deleted that entry.
 
Wow that's very impressive! It's nice to see a nice big change... this phone is truly "changing" the way we see smartphones, unlike Apple's claim with the iPhone 4. These new radical changes are far more than anything Apple provided.
 
LogMeIn might be a good alternative for people that dont have acces to a Citrix solution, I wonder how it will scale since now it supports tablets.
 
This is one of the barriers that has kept my excitement for the laptop dock. I have a few applications that I run on my macbook pro that I need to use on a daily basis thus making the laptop dock not a fully functional option for me. Will I be able to use this Citrix program to remotely access and use the applications from my macbook pro on my new ATRIX Laptop dock?

If so I could really see myself using the laptop dock instead of my macbook pro for most of my tasks/day. I mean nowadays its all about having your computer in sync with your smartphone but take it one step further and your smartphone is your computer also its very interseting since I can do most things I do on my smartphone the only barrier has always been the small screen. :rolleyes:
 
Sorry Citrix is designed around Windows, there is no way to use it to remote to a Mac.

But if the device gets rooted maybe you can install a VNC client in the webtop app.
 
Rastor said:
Sorry Citrix is designed around Windows, there is no way to use it to remote to a Mac.

But if the device gets rooted maybe you can install a VNC client in the webtop app.
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Ok thanx for clarifying. The laptop dock desent sound too practical for me then but at $150 it will still be hard to resist.:D
 
Rastor said:
But if the device gets rooted maybe you can install a VNC client in the webtop app.
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You don't even need to wait for root. There are VNC clients that run completely within the browser. Most likely these will work within Firefox in the webtop.
 
Yeah, if you have VNC on a machine, you can point a browser to that machines hostname and if you specify port 5800 it will launch a Java version of VNC.
 
When I vnc do will I have the ability to connect usb devices(camera, smartphone etc.) to the laptop dock and will the applications on my mac at home respond and work with the devices I wonder?
 
binaryhellstorm said:
Yeah Citirx on this thing is gonna be awesome. I have been playing with the CitrixCloud demo on my Miestone and it is sweet, I can't wait to be able to play with it on the Atrix.



This isn't actually correct. In order to run a single XenDesktop session you actually need 3 virtual machines, you need a Windows server domain controller for the virtual environment, then Citrix recommends a second 2008 server to run the desktop provisioning, and then a third machine that actually hosts and executes the virtual environments. Since with Citrix you aren't just connecting back to a physical machine, like with Go To My PC, Log Me In, or VNC; you are actually connecting to a virtual machine that is being run on demand in a server.
XenDesktop is actually a bare metal solution, it has to run on a physical machine as the main OS, it can't be virituallized, then everything else runs inside that.
I have been digging around online to try and find a quick and easy way to setup a XenDesktop machine to play with when I get the Atrix; but thus-far I have been unsuccessful.
I am still digging into this and I will report back and let everyone know if I find an easy way to roll your own XenDesktop solution, and I would love feedback and advice from the community if anyone has any ideas.
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There is a possibility. I have an NT4 terminal server with a citrix MetaFrameXP server installed. This does only need one server and this server will only need like 256mb of ram. Good to play around without having a big footprint on your computer. Runs in VMWare in the background without bothering your performance.

You'll need the MetaFrame XP licenses though. (While I don't think anyone would care..)

If anyone needs the installed (but a little... "untidy") image... if it's not to big I might be able to upload it.
 
sinni800 said:
There is a possibility. I have an NT4 terminal server with a citrix MetaFrameXP server installed. This does only need one server and this server will only need like 256mb of ram. Good to play around without having a big footprint on your computer. Runs in VMWare in the background without bothering your performance.

You'll need the MetaFrame XP licenses though. (While I don't think anyone would care..)

If anyone needs the installed (but a little... "untidy") image... if it's not to big I might be able to upload it.
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Oh, sweet, and that lets you connect from the Citrix receiver to a virtual Windows environment?
 
binaryhellstorm said:
Oh, sweet, and that lets you connect from the Citrix receiver to a virtual Windows environment?
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Yes. It uses an older ICA protocol, but nonetheless it still works with the newer receivers.

At least I hope so :).

Edit: I just realized that the version of the terminal server I have is German..
 
Slightly off topic, but I use Citrix at work, and it's ok, but WHY is it so great? What can I do to make my experience better? I'd like to use it when I get the Atrix.
 
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