Richy_Boy 18 Report post Posted November 26, 2009 Many people are now starting to use Linux for their desktops and Ubuntu (I believe) is the most popular desktop OS out there now. How about a proper installer for debian based systems, with the same GUI available for Windows and Mac clients...? I now use Ubuntu on our Domain on my laptop, yet I have to bodge an install of the redhat installer on using Alien - with no GUI available. Rich 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blm14 8 Report post Posted November 30, 2009 yes, yes, one thousand times yes. having a generic unix tarball, or at LEAST debian and yum installation packages would be super excellent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richy_Boy 18 Report post Posted December 3, 2009 Would you believe it, there's already a linux (JAVA) GUI in place. sudo /usr/local/dantz/client/RetroClient.sh will fire it up Still needs a better installer and automatically detecting and adding a menu option would be super too! (maybe under system tools). Rich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blm14 8 Report post Posted December 7, 2009 it only supports red hat. i do not run red hat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richy_Boy 18 Report post Posted December 8, 2009 ..but it runs under Debian/Ubuntu just fine if you use Alien to install the RPM. I use Ubuntu 9.10 and it's fine - although not what I would call a nice solution. There's a how-to on getting it running under Ubuntu on this forum. Rich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blm14 8 Report post Posted December 9, 2009 a) it's not supported by retrospect, so even though you CAN do it, if you have problems then you're SOL it is EXTREMELY unreliable if you use alien to install it in an amd64 linux distro (which is what I use) c) using the RPM does not really integrate correctly. The service doesn't always start correctly at boot time, the gui is flakey, etc (at least for me) But point A is the main one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dprather 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2013 Having a true Ubuntu client would be great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blm14 8 Report post Posted April 19, 2013 FYI I've found my 64-bit deb installer (that I made myself) to be much more reliable since ubuntu 11.04... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen J 1 Report post Posted July 9, 2014 +1 Catch up with the times Retrospect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jotrago 24 Report post Posted July 12, 2014 Yes Please!. Gui Client for Desktop Ubuntu 64 bit & derivatives Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
