linux :: persistant desktop

i mean you login to x "remotely or locally", do your work and you quit. you again login and find your desktop as you left it.

it was so easy, i didnot know it. i was always thing about a window manager that will be customised for vnc. i didnot know vnc can itself be used instead of window manager.

so all you need for this persistent desktop is

1)"create a virual desktop" >vncserver :1
or better to start vncserver, with :1 dedicated to me
see /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

2)"ask X to connect to it" >add the following to .Xclients-default "whatever"
exec vncviewer -passwd $HOME/.vnc/passwd -FullScreen -FullColour localhost:1

printing quota and billing systems-
working for cvit laserjet printer.
we can user pykota or printbill
the proiblem is that pykota is not free, although under gpl, and provides sourcecode from vcs, but its incomplete. :((. and printbill is not so good for cups.