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On 01/17/2016 10:10 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 1:03 PM, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> I would prefer a method that is independent of OS used. And provides server side limitations with regards to filesharing and clipboard access. |
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> x2go is just X11, so it should be OS-independent as long as you have a |
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> client/server for it. It just logs in as the appropriate user on the |
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> remote host, so access beyond that is whatever you'd get if you just |
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> logged in on a console. |
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> Now, I can't vouch for how many OSes anybody has bothered to implement it on. |
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Thanks for that tip on x2go - I'd struggled with freenx and eventually |
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gave up and freenx isn't even in the tree anymore. |
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I looked up x2go and rebuilt openssh on my home server as it suggested |
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to try it out. Other than restarting sshd, I didn't have to do any |
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configuration and it just *worked*. I've, like, never ever had that |
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happen before. Even when I set up my tigervnc with xinetd it was days of |
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experimenting before I got it to work. tigervnc also was hanging up X |
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upgrades, so now I can successfully ditch tigervnc. |
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x2go is so much faster it's unbelievable. I have a gigabit LAN here at |
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home and VNC was lagging pretty badly (to the point where I decided |
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against even trying to use it remotely.) |
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Some things to note: there's no android client, but there is one for |
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Windows/linux/MacOS. I haven't tried it on my Windows laptop yet, but |
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one of these days I'll dig it out and try it. |
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Makes me wonder if it would be possible to spin up a VM on demand with |
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x2go on and preconfigured if OP requires users not to be on the same host. |
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Dan |