[ale] [ON-T] Truly remote desktop aka terminal services client/server in Linux, Does it exist ?

[dude-aaron-omy]

On 2010/08/31, at 11:42 , Sparr wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
> <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there truly a Remote Desktop in Linux like the Windoze world ?
>
> To summarize the other 20+ replies in this thread...
>
> Yes. It exists, in more forms and flavors than you ever dreamt of. It
> has been around in different forms for almost 20 years. It is more
> powerful and useful than the cheap imitation that is RDP / TS in
> Windows.
> :)


What Sparr said...

And the "Roundup" feature in the current issue of Linux Format
(LXF 135 // Oct. 2010) was a comparison of 7 such remote desktop
options for Linux from several angles, including ease of use, speed
and protocol support.  Their top pick was a FLOSS GPL offering that
didn't show up in the other on topic portions of this thread, a package
called REMMINA that's available at <http://remmina.sourceforge.net>.

They gave it a rare 10/10 score, with glowing praise:

"Remmina is so easy to use and  has such a great set of features
that [the choice] was a no-brainer. "

"The winner, by some distance, was  Remmina. Performance was
exemplary, but that’s not the full story. It had the best feedback and
responsiveness of  any client, and if you didn’t know better, the
remote desktop might have been a  normal-speed local machine.
More than the performance though, this client had the best mix of
features, and a sensible and well thought-out interface. Although
it did split into multiple windows, the  controls are always accessible.
As well  as discovering clients on the network, it  has a good way of
storing connections,  which would still work well if you had to deal
with lots of desktops. Support for NX [protocol] makes this an all-round
winner."

NoMachineNX (proprietary) came in behind Remmina with 8/10.
The other 5 offerings were all rated with sub-par numbers in the
comparison.

HTH!

peace
aaron