op 21-09-14 14:33, lee schreef: > Hi, > > what's the Debian or Linux equivalent to MS Windows terminal server > sessions through the remote desktop thing they have? > > I would like to be able to let a user work remotely in an X11 session > (preferably with fvwm, if I have to xfce, if it can't be avoided gnome > --- KDE only crashes in vncserver) on a VM running Debian. The user can > either get a thin client (which I'd have to buy) or an older Mac for a > client system. It would be an advantage if it was possible to do this > transparently for the user. It would also be nice if I could limit the > total memory usage for that user. The client is connected through 1GB > LAN. If Linux can be installed on the Mac, that might also be an > option. > > So far, neither vncserver, nor freenx are ideal. Vncserver is rather > awkward, freenx is ancient. LTSP seems way overdone for this and > apparently requires suitable thin clients.
Take a look at x2go. http://www.x2go.org/ The client is in Debian, the server is not. Reason is code duplication (it's NX based). There are clients for Linux/Windows/Mac. It does not work with Gnome3 in 3D mode on Wheezy. There is an active community. With regards, Paul van de Vlis. -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen http://www.vandervlis.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/541f320b.8020...@vandervlis.nl
