[OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Jean-Francois Messier
For the last few versions of Ubuntu, I was having increasingly more problems getting a remote desktop working properly from a Windows client. Here's my problem: I have serveral Ubuntu-based computers (Desktop edition, not server), and those are virtual ones, running on a remote box. Although I

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Michael Soulier
I use rdesktop. No issues. Jean-Francois Messier j...@messier.ca wrote: For the last few versions of Ubuntu, I was having increasingly more problems getting a remote desktop working properly from a Windows client. Here's my problem: I have serveral Ubuntu-based computers (Desktop edition, not

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Stephen Gregory
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Jean-Francois Messier j...@messier.ca wrote: Here's my problem: I have serveral Ubuntu-based computers (Desktop edition, not server), and those are virtual ones, running on a remote box. How remote? Local lan, across town over a fast interconnect, or the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Martin Settle
Haven't used it recently, but while working with multiple offices in the UK I was having pretty good success with VNC. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC There are clients (and servers) available for Windows machines. TightVNC was the one I was using. Good luck. Marti. On Mon, Nov 4, 2013

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Wm. Stewart
We found VNC only usable on high bandwidth networks. We use NX and find it about 100 kbps down and 20 up! Several FOSS NX servers and clients at http://freeopensourcesoftware.org Martin Settle martin.set...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't used it recently, but while working with multiple offices

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 04/11/13 Wm. Stewart said: We found VNC only usable on high bandwidth networks. We use NX and find it about 100 kbps down and 20 up! Several FOSS NX servers and clients at http://freeopensourcesoftware.org I never liked VNC's performance, or lack thereof. Nor it's lack of screen

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Jean-Francois Messier
With the new environments under Ubuntu, as well as Gnome 3, it was impossible to establish a graphic session using NX. The problem were in the 3D thing of the new desktops. All I could get working was TeamViewer, and it is not very good, considering the fast connection I have with the server, and

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Remote desktop for Ubuntu 13.10

2013-11-04 Thread Stephen Gregory
I had the commercial NX working for a demo with Ubuntu 12.04. I had to do something to force the 2d fall back mode. Unfortunately I deleted that VM and can't remember what I did. I would recommend VNC. It works well enough over a LAN. I have used the vnc4server package in the past with good