[clue-tech] FreeNX.

[Crawford Rainwater]

----- clue-tech-request at cluedenver.org wrote:
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:26:42 -0700 (MST)
> From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] FreeNX.
> 
> >> Anyone know of ANY remote access applications on Linux or OSX that do
> >> this that easily?  Just curious.  Not trolling.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, no, and I've looked hard.  Microsoft's RDP-based remote
> > administration and Terminal Services are head and shoulders above
> > everything we currently have.  I understand that NX comes close, after
> > some hair-pulling, but I've not yet gotten through the hair-pulling
> > part successfully.  VNC works well, but is painfully slow, and doesn't
> > work well in unreliable networks.  Screen is perfect, but, of course,
> > it's CLI.  We need something like it for the GUI.
> > 
> 
> If I am following the request and question here, NX does permit audio
> to be played from the remote host Linux/Solaris system through the
> client.  Have I tried it personally, no since we use this primarily
> for servers running virtual machines behind a firewall with only ssh
> access so that we can use the GUI tools (no flaming here ;-)) for a
> "big picture" and VNC/RDP into said virtual machine(s).
> 
>> Any chance you might do a FreeNX session at CLUE soon?  I'd really
>> love to see that.
> 

I would have to look into that.  How many others are interested in such on the CLUE-DTC and CLUE-North ends?

>> The problem is though if you want to do M$ Windows to M$ Windows, NX
>> is not an option on the host end.
> 
> If you're Windows at the server end, you don't ~need~ NX.  Every
> Windows has RDP built in.
> 

Is RDP encrypted and/or compressed though (since I am not a Windows expert here)?

--- Crawford
PS: Pardon the delays in responding since I get the list in Digest format.