Free Software Alternative to Citrix Receiver?

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m971668
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Iscritto: 03/14/2012

Is there a Free Software program that can open .ica files so one isn't required to install Citrix Receiver?

I suspect the answer is, "No.", but there is the Remmina Remote Desktop Client. With Citix's terrible amd64 GNU/Linux support, I was hoping they would have published the API documentation for others to write/support GNU/Linux. I mean the amd64 .deb still lists ia32-lib as a dependency. I am almost certain Canonical for Ubuntu replaced that library awhile back.

lembas
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Iscritto: 05/13/2010

Would the packages openxenmanager and xcp-xe help?

m971668
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Iscritto: 03/14/2012

openxenmanager looks to be an admin application to manage the servers.

I wasn't able to find xcp-xe in the Trisquel 7 Alpha repositories...is that the client?

I was thinking more of a Free Software ICA client.

The presence of the Open Xen Manager is a good sign.

lembas
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Iscritto: 05/13/2010

The description says This package provides the xe utility, the command-line interface for XCP systems. This tool can be used from dom0 to control a Debian XCP system, or from a non-Xen system to control an XCP or Citrix XenServer system.

I have no idea what that means. :)

You could try installing it from Trisquel 6
http://packages.trisquel.info/toutatis-updates/xcp-xe

Darksoul71
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Iscritto: 01/04/2012

xcp-xe has unfortunately nothing to do with opening ICA connections. It seems rather a management tool for the Citrix-based Xen virtualisation hypervisor or the free / open Xen variant.

@m971668: I think you will have a hard time finding anything that works nice under Linux and is free. Unfortunately Linux support from Citrix seems to fade.

m971668
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What should one recommend to replace Citrix's XenApp Server?

A server that acts as a "presentation server" for remote graphical programs, such as Writer, Calc, and Impress...or Windows graphical programs. The programs run on various remote server resources and the programs are displayed on the local, client computer screen just like a local application. If anyone has used Citrix Receiver or Citrix Online Plugin, this should make sense. XenApp may run on a server using virtualization, but I am not talking about a hyperadvisor program.

In the spirit of "Bring Your Own Device", I would like to use my Trisquel computer to remote into my company network and use company programs without installing non-GPL'ed software.

Also, I think it would be a good "social marketing" technique. If it works I will bring it in an demo it to coworkers.

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Iscritto: 09/15/2011

mdunivan wrote:
> What should one recommend to replace Citrix's XenApp Server?

LTSP is supposed to be popular in education. http://ltsp.org/