Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What (free) remote desktop do you use
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:17:44
Message-Id: 91F1E54D-D751-4339-8C7E-ABE9A0B45BD8@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] What (free) remote desktop do you use by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 15 August 2013, at 09:26, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > ...
3 > Since NX3's internal X-server has some known deficiencies and Nomachine has stopped the development of NX3 and
4 > has closed sources of NX4, I am in need for some replacement since 'ssh -Y' is dead slow even on an 15 megabit/sec connection.
5 >
6 > What remote desktop do you use?
7
8 Take a look at winswitch.org.
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10 Upstream has ebuilds and it supports various compression options, including h264.
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12 The developer is very helpful, responsive and committed.
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14 Winswitch can be run headless on your server and as a systray app on your desktop.
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16 Stroller.