| Michael DePaulo on 14 Jun 2015 06:34:59 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] X2GO vs VNC for Local Remote Desktop |
Hi Casey, See inline replies. On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote: > I like to use standard VNC for remote desktop control of my servers from > inside my firewall. (direct gigabyte LAN) > > > Currently, I use x11vnc as a server on my web server, then use the standard > KDE remote desktop client to access and control the server remotely. Are you sure you are using x11vnc rather than one of 4 implementations of Xvnc? (x11vnc shares out a local display, while Xvnc is a display that can only be accessed over VNC. Xvnc is typically launched via the vncserver script.) If so, are you sharing out the local display, a Xdummy display, or an Xvfb display? > This > works pretty well, but is not is not particularly snappy. I tested out Ubuntu 14.04's version of x11vnc with its local display, (and with TigerVNC Client for Windows 1.4.3) and I can confirm it is indeed not very snappy. In particular, it is sluggish to move windows around. x11vnc -unixpw -display WAIT:cmd=FINDCREATEDISPLAY I then tested out the best general-purpose implementation of Xvnc, TigerVnc 1.4.3, and it was significantly more snappy, including for moving windows around. vncserver -autokill -SecurityTypes=VeNCrypt,TLSPlain -PlainUsers=$USER -pam_service login -desktop $HOSTNAME +extension GLX https://bintray.com/tigervnc/stable/tigervnc/1.4.3#files > Would X2GO work well in this application? Would it be significantly better > over a gigabyte LAN network? Yes it would work well. Compared to TigerVNC, no. Compared to x11vnc, yes. However, X2Go has other benefits that might interest you such as: seamless window mode (single application mode) published apps easier session mangement (no need to manually start VNC server) sound (uncompressed, but that's fine for gigabit) folder sharing > -- > > Casey Bralla > > Chief Nerd in Residence > The NerdWorld Organisation -Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug