On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 22:36:08 +0300 Rostislav Krasny <rosti....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there, > > I want to use Linux at work on my workstation PC but currently I > can't. The main reason is lack of useful Remote Desktop access to > Linux from outside. By useful Remote Desktop access I mean how it's > implemented in Windows. In Windows you can connect to a locally > started session and continue it remotely. When you do this the local > computer will be locked. You can go back to the local computer, unlock > it and take over the local session by entering your password. Also you > can connect to a Windows computer without any existing session and > this will start a new one remotely. After that you can go to that > computer, unlock it and continue that session locally. I need this > functionality to continue my work outside the office or from other > location in the office (a meeting room or a workplace of a colleague). Hi, that is a very nice description of a useful feature. I wonder if KDE, GNOME or Enlightenment would have something like that in their roadmap? > Today's Remote Desktop server solutions in Linux can't provide the > above functionality. I've tried xrdp, several implementations of VNC > and X2Go. None of them function as needed. They do one of the > following: > > 1. Always start a new session > 2. Continue a locally started session in a sharing mode when the local > computer is not locked and anyone near it can see what I do and even > intervene to that session by local mouse and keyboard. > > X2Go has even additional problem supporting different resolutions of > remote and local computers. > > As far as I know you've also added the RDP support into the Weston > compositor. Do you support the Windows Remote Desktop functionality as > described above or this functionality should be implemented by a > higher layer that uses Weston? Or what other project (that uses > Wayland) should I ask about this? I'm not too familiar with Weston's RDP-backend, but given it's a separate backend, I believe it cannot switch between local and remote modes, it will always be remote. There is also the screen-share plugin, but I doubt that's a solution here either, I would guess it is missing the local locking while in remote use. I believe the functionality you describe must intimately integrate with the compositor and cannot be achieved by applications atop alone. Thanks, pq
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