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On 17 January 2016 18:59:36 CET, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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>wrote: |
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>> I use the icaclient provided by Citrix to access my virtual desktop |
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>at work, |
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>> but have never tried to set up something similar at home. What |
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>opensource |
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>> software would I need for this? Is there a wiki somewhere to follow? |
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>There might be something newer, but something along the line of x2go |
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>is what you'd want. It just tunnels over ssh (with a built-in ssh |
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>client) and runs an X server on the remote host which the clients |
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>connect to (you can just launch xfce or whatever for your DM - I'd |
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>avoid anything with fancy 3D), and then it compresses the X11 protocol |
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>and does the presentation on your local workstation. The X server can |
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>provide immediate replies to clients on its side so that the effects |
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>of latency are greatly diminished. But, if you launch something like |
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>chromium be prepared to watch the screen paint since it uses |
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>client-side rendering. All you'll get is big blobs of images sent |
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>over the wire for that window. However, for anything rendered |
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>server-side you'll get a very interactive experience since the |
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>component on your workstation can do much of the rendering |
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>independently of the actual X11 server, which operates on a delay. |
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X2go and similar works like RDP for windows allowing multiple users on the same host. |
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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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Joost |
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