On 17 January 2016 18:59:36 CET, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: >On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> I use the icaclient provided by Citrix to access my virtual desktop >at work, >> but have never tried to set up something similar at home. What >opensource >> software would I need for this? Is there a wiki somewhere to follow? >> > >There might be something newer, but something along the line of x2go >is what you'd want. It just tunnels over ssh (with a built-in ssh >client) and runs an X server on the remote host which the clients >connect to (you can just launch xfce or whatever for your DM - I'd >avoid anything with fancy 3D), and then it compresses the X11 protocol >and does the presentation on your local workstation. The X server can >provide immediate replies to clients on its side so that the effects >of latency are greatly diminished. But, if you launch something like >chromium be prepared to watch the screen paint since it uses >client-side rendering. All you'll get is big blobs of images sent >over the wire for that window. However, for anything rendered >server-side you'll get a very interactive experience since the >component on your workstation can do much of the rendering >independently of the actual X11 server, which operates on a delay.
X2go and similar works like RDP for windows allowing multiple users on the same host. I would prefer a method that is independent of OS used. And provides server side limitations with regards to filesharing and clipboard access. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
