[olug] Remote Desktop

[Jay Swackhamer]

What do you need to do on the 'server'?

Do you need to run a graphical application?

Do you need access to the root desktop (:0.0, not user)?

You can run vncserver and not x11vnc, so that you can have separate X  
displays that you can connect to remotely that are not tied to a  
physical display. You would need to tunnel vnc over ssh or use an  
ssh-enabled version to be secure.

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Quoting Jeff Hinrichs <jeffh at delasco.com>:

> +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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