[mythtv-users] Remotux Beta Testing

[Chase Douglas]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Chris Adams<rocket at extremelan.net> wrote:
> Not sure if you know about the existing (paid) app called ControlPad.
> It sends input to a VNC server, so no need for anything custom on the
> server side. It does lack SSL and support of a third mouse button, and
> of course it costs money, but it gets the job done.
>
> NB. Another feature you might consider (missing from ControlPad) is
> showing the desktop on the phone's screen. I'd envision it being
> pinch-to-zoom and "throwable" (ie. you can throw the magnified image
> like you can the contact list, but you're throwing the mouse cursor)..

An unstated goal of Remotux and the remote input protocol I've
developed (so anyone can mix and match servers and clients, more info
at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RemoteInput) is to be very minimal. I don't
want to deal with desktop sharing and all the issues it has. There are
other good vnc devices out there to do that.

Instead of working at the X session level, remote input works at the
kernel level. If you upgrade your kernel and the nvidia driver won't
load anymore you don't have to go grab the keyboard out of the closet.
As long as you have networking up and rinputd started Remotux can
still send keys to the virtual terminal.

As a side note, I've also found OS X's event handling API, so I am
going to try to get rinputd working for OS X as well.

In case anyone was wondering about how Remotux and rinputd differ from
other solutions out there, here's a run down:

* Every piece is open source (GPLv2)
* Full mouse gestures (three buttons, click-drag, scrolling)
* Full keyboard
* Open protocol to allow for mixing and matching of clients and servers
* On Linux (which is the only platform supported server side so far)
it runs at the kernel level, not the X session level
* Security through SSL and authentication through sasldb (on Linux at
least, OS X likely will use keychain services)
* Avahi/mDNS/Bonjour/Zeroconf service discovery