Re: [PLUG] Remote to an Ubuntu desktop

["Lee H. Marzke via plug" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Walt,  If you work for a large organization your option may be Horizon View which
has supported Linux for the last few years.   But that is an Enterprise solution
requiring a connection server, security server, AD integration, on top of vCenter.

Local connections use Horizon View Client ( available for Linux ) or Chrome
Browser which doesn't work so well with Linux remote desktops.  Multi-monitor
even worked.

I have an Ubuntu 18.04 VM working great in my Home Lab.  I joined it to
AD domain, and switched to lightDM display manager to support View,
then added the view agent.

Lee
 

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> Sent: Sunday, 12 July, 2020 10:07:56
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Remote to an Ubuntu desktop

> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 08:12:57AM -0400, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
>> Thanks to everyone for all the tips! I think Chrome Remote Desktop
>> won't work for me since I might be viewing patient data (I work for a
>> research lab in Penn's med school) and it sounds like it might be a
>> HIPAA violation.
>> 
>> x11vnc over a SSH tunnel sounds like what I was looking for. I'll give
>> it a try this weekend and report back.
> 
> Here's a quick update:
> 
> Last night I tried out x11vnc but I couldn't really get it to
> work. The documentation [1] seems to me that I should see the exact
> desktop I'd see if I were to login at work. Instead what I see is the
> Ubuntu desktop background, but there are no icons. It doesn't respond
> to mouse clicks. If I try to type anything, 90% of the screen turns
> dark purple.
> 
> I suspect what may be happening is that I have 2 monitors at work and
> only 1 at home, and I'm seeing the wrong one. I fiddled with the
> options in TigerVNC but nothing seemed to work.
> 
> This morning I tried out NoMachine on the advice of work's IT
> guy. That seemed to do exactly what I was looking for with a minimum
> of fuss. It's a little wonky in that the desktop is bigger than my
> monitor so I have scrollbars. It's possible I can tweak some settings
> to get rid of that but it's certainly usable for now.
> 
> Thanks everyone for the advice. I might try out some of the other
> options folks suggested, but I think I'm good for now.
> 
> Walt
> 
> 1. https://github.com/LibVNC/x11vnc
> 
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