Google Chrome OS

[vancedailey]

We run a call center and are exploring using Google Chrome OS for our Agent workstations.
Currently we use UltraVNC to record the Agents screens.
Can the UltraVNC client be made to run on Google OS (i.e. Chromium)?
Thanks,
Vance

[B]

ChromeOS, as you must know, is just Linux wedded to a closed Chrome browser shell. UltraVNC is a Windows program.

So the answer is no. Even if you tried to run UltraVNC in a virtual machine, I don't believe ChromeOS supports any kind of virtualization; it doesn't even run anything but "web apps".

In addition, ChromeOS is likely to be replaced entirely by Android, so I'm not sure I'd invest any money or time in it at all.

All that said, I'm sure someone will provide some kind of remote control app for ChromeOS. Perhaps you can even run the UltraVNC Javaviewer.

[vancedailey]

I did wonder whether the Java Viewer was an alternative to a locally installed client.
I imagine there are advantages to the Win32 Viewer otherwise everyone would use the Java Viewer but I don't know what those advantages are.
Can anyone explain why I would not be happy switching to the Java Viewer if I were to run Chrome OS?

As an aside, Citrix Receiver runs on Google Chrome OS and is a free product.
Without knowing anything about Citrix I wonder whether Citrix Reader would allow me to run the Win32 Viewer on Chrome OS?

Thanks,
Vance

[B]

No! Preliminary googling shows that ChromeOS does NOT yet support Java applets!

As to your second question, No! As far as I can tell, Receiver is just an ordinary ICA (Citrix's RDP terminal server) client. It's not going to magically let you run a Win32 application on a different operating system (Linux/Chrome)!

I know very little of these systems and I could be wrong, but I think you're heading down the wrong path here.

[redge]

with virtualization, you can do a lot of thinks, only imagination is the limit and after need users/people understand. need code cross plateform for common base. then script can adapt the rest.

example:
wine on linux can run win32 application without the guest windows OS on linux
parallels let you run win32 application without the guest windows OS on macosx
windows can run unix software with uwin (unix shell terminal command line for windows) or Xming X server for windows for the GUI

i hope not confusing google chrome web browser with the real google chrome OS available only for fews beta testers.

[B]

redge, he's talking about ChromeOS/Chromium, the (supposed) operating system. While that's really running Linux underneath, I don't think any kind of virtualization software is allowed?

There seem to be some unauthorized hacks that build Xen or Parallels into the underlying Linux OS, but I'm not finding real virtualization support?

[palm1]

My guess is you will have to have Windows run under Xen, but it does make the whole thing all too complex. Not sure about Java applets though. I was looking for solutions to similar problems with running Win software on Google OS.