[ale] Best, Secure, Fast Remote Desktop?

[Jim Kinney]

I'm looking into x2go now. It's not up and running yet but it seems to be a
complete fork of nx so I expect the same feature set.
On Jun 3, 2014 9:33 AM, "JD" <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> Every year or so, I look for a better way to handle remote desktops for
> the 2%
> of the time I need one.  ssh works the other 98% of the time.
>
> For the last 3+ yrs, FreeNX + remote NoMachine v3.5.x client
> (Linux/Windows) has
> been working extremely well. I'm using it now. I understand that FreeNX
> isn't
> working on Ubuntu 14.04 (yet?),
>
> Requirements:
> * Linux-based remote desktops (don't want Windows)
> * secure (key based); MANDATORY
> * stable; MANDATORY
> * fast performance for "productivity apps"; MANDATORY
> * Clients must support Windows and Linux, Android is nice-to-have
> * install from well-known repos, PPAs - NOT SOURCE
> * F/LOSS
> * don't need video streaming and
> * audio is nice-to-have
>
> Has anyone switched over to x2go since FreeNX seems abandoned?
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/466309/freenx-server-installation-on-ubuntu-14-04-trusty
>
> If so, how is the performance, usability, stability of x2go?
> Is the performance similar to NX or better?
>
> Has anyone setup a Guacamole server? This is a HTML5, web-based remote
> desktop.
> I'm less thrilled about allowing the entire world access to the front-door
> of a
> network. Would only deploy this with a VPN mandatory. Still - any users
> out there?
>
> Respect to RDP and VNC users, but compared to NX performance - those are
> dogs
> and both require a separate tunnel/vpn for security. I actually remote
> into NX,
> then connect to Windows machines with RDP on the same LAN. Works good
> enough.
>
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