Abstracts - 12th Systems Administration Conference (LISA '98) ## Internet-based Desktops in Tcl/Tk: Collaborative and Recordable Amit Khetawat, Hemang Lavana, and Franc Brglez North Carolina State University ### Abstract This paper addresses issues that arise when a peer group, distributed across several time zones, uses the Internet to configure and execute distributed desktop-based applications and tasks. The paper provides solutions and Tcl/Tk implementations to support (1) peer-to-peer communication/control of distributed software and computing resources over the Internet; (2) recording and playback of interactive execution of Tcl/Tk applications and collaborative sessions. The summary of 540 Internet-based experiments, each relying on RecordTaker and PlaybackMaker to record, playback, and execute ReubenDesktop configurations from local, cross-state, and cross-country servers, demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed concepts and implementation. View the full text of this paper in HTML form and PDF form. If you need the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it from Adobe's site. To become a USENIX Member, please see our Membership Information.

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