Problem;
You have a linux desktop somewhere, and you're not there. It's running a GUI application (like firefox or matlab), how do you access it; with the following criteria;- Easy to use.
- Client available for Windows, OSX, Linux.
- Able to resume previous sessions.
- Free.
- Feature rich
- Backed by an active open source community.
Answer(s);
In order of preference, 1 being most preferable;- Use x2go. An open source fork of NX and my new favorite.
Fast.
simple.
powerful. - Use freeNX-server
It might be ok, but i had issues getting it to work - Run VNC over an (encrypted) ssh tunnel
slow over high latency networks
complex to setup for novice users. - Install VNC with vnc4server
slow over high latency networks
pretty insecure, you ought to encrypt that traffic. - Use X forwarding over SSH
very slow
OSX and Windows clients require an X server install
complex. - Use nomachine NX
Once the poster-child for linux remote access, now gone proprietary. Noted here for completeness.
Summary
x2go. My new goto toy for quick and simple remote access to linux machines.
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