Re: [PLUG] Shared desktop on lxde

["Gavin W. Burris" <bug@wharton.upenn.edu>]

Hi, Martin.

Yeah, I've been playing around with the different versions this morning.
NX is still a free download.  I believe it is limited to two
simultaneous users.  Other than that, X2Go may be the best option right
now.

Cheers.

On Fri 07/25/14 12:06PM -0400, Martin Dellwo wrote:
> NX free versions have not been kept up to date and might not be a good choice anymore. NoMachine used to provide a free version but no longer does. I'm told by my colleagues that it also changed in ways that they did not like and could no longer use*, so peruse the features well and make sure it does what you want.  It used to be very nice, in particular very speedy. 
> 
> *I forget details. But we used to use it for standalone remote detachable sessions. Now I have the impression it *only* works as a screen-sharing mechanism. I could be wrong. 
> 
> Martin Dellwo
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> > On Jul 25, 2014, at 9:26 AM, "Gavin W. Burris" <bug@wharton.upenn.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > Good morning, Carl.
> > 
> > You may want to take a look at NX (NoMachine).  There a few open source
> > versions, like FeeNX or X2Go, in most linux repos.  The main feature is
> > a much improved compression algorithm.  And, it has the concept of
> > "shadowing" a session;  One user starts a session, and can then grant
> > another user the ability to view that session remotely.  This is all
> > done over SSH with each user using their own account, btw.
> > 
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX
> > 
> > Cheers.
> > 
> > 
> >> On Thu 07/24/14 06:48PM -0400, Carl Johnson wrote:
> >> I've got an ubuntu 12.4 box with lxde. I'm trying to figure out how to
> >> share a particular user's desktop. Something like teamviewer on a windows
> >> box. Is this possible? How do I do it?
> > 
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