[LUNI] Best package for a remote access GUI client

[Samir Faci]

There are 3 possible solutions that I've used in the past.  As a fair
warning, RDP/Terminal Services beast the living daylights out of all of
them.

X forwarding over ssh...  sloowwww + secure.  Works fine for your lan, god
help you over the net.  (sometimes can be faster then VNC though, depends on
the content being displayed)
       windows solution:  cygwin +ssh

VCN  (tightvnc, realvnc, x11vnc take your pic).  runs a desktop that you can
log into.  listens for connection on 5900 and does ++ for each additional
session.  (5901, 5902...)
       cons:  horrible security, but you can do ssh tunneling and that fixes
that.   (ssh -L 5900:ip:5900 user at host)
      windows:  realvnc and tightvnc both have clients for it.  use putty to
setup a tunnel for ssh.

freenx:  probably the best one and fastest I've used.  It tries to act mimic
citrix, or it feels like it.
      windows:  no clue.

--
Samir

On 12/12/07, Joe Frost <joe at the-frosts.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > What package can I use to replace Windows Terminal Server with a
> > similar
> > remote access on Linux (preferably somewhat secure).  I'm using
> > OpenSSH for
> > the command line but would like to have a GUI available as well.
> > I'd need
> > clients available in both Windows and Linux.
> >
>
>
> You can use X tunneled over ssh for this.   The linux machines won't
> need anything more than to be running a gui themselves.  The window
> machines will need some sort of ssh client and an X server.  In the
> past I've used cygwin for both of these.
>
> Good luck,
> Joe
>
>
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