Remote desktop in Ubuntu
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Thu Oct 23 18:06:27 UTC 2008
On 10/23/2008 10:13 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>
>> On 10/23/2008 06:39 AM, Christian wrote:
>>> Hi all, Is it possible for a Windows user to connect to my Ubuntus
>>> desktop through some client for Windows and we can work with the
>>> system at the same time? If so, what client? Many thanks, Christian
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Others have mentioned VNC & that will work - however VNC will want to
>> control the desktop so both users will be fighting for the desktop/mouse
>> etc., at the same time. If you understand that it will work just fine.
>
> Not necessarily. If you enable XDMCP, VNC gives you a completely separate
> login on the Ubuntu system (when it connects, you start at the xdm/kdm/gdm
> login screen). However... XDMCP is poorly documented and while I had it
> working for a while, it broke and I found it easier to install NX than fix
> it.
Yeah. I tried that some time back & it also broke so I did the same (NX).
>
>> Note: You'll still want to install UltraVNC (or other) on the Windows
>> machine so that you can go from the Ubuntu machine back to the Win
>> machine (just use the already installed terminal server client).
>
> For that, there's krdc if you can bring yourself to using KDE...
I used krdc for quite some time, but found that I like the new terminal
server client better & also allows me to have control of desktop size &
color when using VNC.
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