[olug] Remote Desktop

[Jeff Hinrichs]

+1 for nx

-Jeff


On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:

> ...."use on my linux Server to connect from a client on my network"
>
> That's confusing in terms of X forwarding, I'll take an assuming stab.
>
> I assume your "client" is a windows system.  I'd recommend NoMachine.  It
> is
> way smoother and faster than Xming or Cygwin.  It seems like a hybrid of
> Cygwin/XFree86 and VNC.  It send images like VNC and also has a sort of X11
> connection.
>
> I gave up, probably too quickly, on how to use NoMachine to just listen as
> an X11 server.
> I tried it once with custom desktop and "run default script on server"
> assuming "server" meant the X11 server on the windows machine and it opened
> a 100 or so Cgywin Xfree86 labeled windows with gnome slices.
>
> It is nice to just have an Xserver running and just have the graphical
> application started with putty and xforwarded to the windows display.
>
> However, it is still faster to use NoMachine and get the entire desktop
> than
> it is to run, for example, OOBase in a single windowed app in Xming.
>
> -----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Adam
> Lassek
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:08 AM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Remote Desktop
>
> My limited experience with NoMachine has been positive. It tunnels over
> your
> existing ssh port and the quality is far better than VNC. I would say it's
> analogous to RDP on Windows. You get up to two simultaneous connections
> with
> the free version.
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com> wrote:
>
> > That might be the case if you were running it on the root ( :0 ) display,
> > but you can run it independently I believe.  Tunneling over SSH of
> course.
> >
> > Otherwise, No Machine?  I haven't heard much about it recently, but there
> > was quite a buzz a few years ago.
> >
> > -Dave
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Chad Homan
> > Sender: olug-bounces at olug.org
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > ReplyTo: Omaha Linux User Group
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Remote Desktop
> > Sent: Oct 27, 2009 10:51 PM
> >
> > Try www.rdesktop.org.  Great for connecting to windows terninal
> > services abd I here it works with xrdp
> >
> > On 10/27/09, Kelly Williams <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > What is a good program that I can use on my linux Server to connect
> > > from a client on my network and i don't want to use VNC. I have been
> > > using that I have to leave the machine unlocked to get in and i want to
> > > start locking it so people just can't turn on the monitor and see what
> i
> > > am doing..
> > >
> > > Kelly Williams
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