[nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Boniol
I have been using a version of VNC over a VPN for a while. Results have been very mixed. Things will be working perfect, and then the next any keystroke is repeated several times (generally when anyone is watching Netflix, YouTube, etc.). I changed some settings to reduce its network traffic and

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-23 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
We use nx and freenx pretty heavily . You can suspend and resume sessions, it goes through the ssh subsystem so you don't have to worry about other passwords, but I don't know if you can do ssh key auth only (need ssh passwords), and you can also share nx screens (shadow sessions). We do have issu

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-23 Thread Holland Griffis
I'd agree with Sabuj, I use NX here and it is much better than VNC. Sent from my iPad On Mar 23, 2012, at 8:14 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote: > We use nx and freenx pretty heavily . You can suspend and resume > sessions, it goes through the ssh subsystem so you don't have to worry > about other pa

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-23 Thread Nathanael Ries
I use xrdp in combination with tigervnc. Works fluidly and is a great way to allow Windows boxes to remote into Linux without installing third party software since it works with the built in rdp client in Windows. On Mar 22, 2012 11:34 PM, "Paul Boniol" wrote: > I have been using a version of VNC

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-23 Thread Howard White
On 03/23/2012 01:25 PM, Nathanael Ries wrote: I use xrdp in combination with tigervnc. Works fluidly and is a great way to allow Windows boxes to remote into Linux without installing third party software since it works with the built in rdp client in Windows. Awesome I've avoided nxclien

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-25 Thread Perkins, Jerry
On 03/22/2012 11:34 PM, Paul Boniol wrote: I have been using a version of VNC over a VPN for a while. Results have been very mixed. Things will be working perfect, and then the next any keystroke is repeated several times (generally when anyone is watching Netflix, YouTube, etc.). I changed

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-25 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
Not trying to hijack the discussion, but does anyone know if FreeNX (or other NX server) will run under windows. I'm currently using TightVNC to remotely manage a windows computer and would prefer something that performs a bit better. Thanks, Andy -- You received this message because you are s

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-25 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
If you really want to do this : http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2004-October/000287.html What's wrong with vnc and rdp for win? On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > Not trying to hijack the discussion, but does anyone know if FreeNX (or > other NX server) will ru

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-25 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
Yeah, I saw that article, I was hoping for native rather than via CoLinux or anything else. VNC is working fine, but it is rather bandwidth sensitive. RDP over the internet... I don't really want to expose the other computer that much. Andy On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek wro

Re: [nlug] Linux Remote Desktop

2012-03-25 Thread Chris McQuistion
You can use RDP over a VPN or SSH tunnel. Chris On Sunday, March 25, 2012, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > Yeah, I saw that article, I was hoping for native rather than via CoLinux or anything else. VNC is working fine, but it is rather bandwidth sensitive. RDP over the internet... I don't really w