Have you any experience configuring guacamole to connect to a NuoRDS server? Wouldn't want to plunk down the $49 bucks for a license without knowing, though there is a 30 day trial, so I guess I could try that first.
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 11:28 AM Michael Jumper <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Mac-to-Mac screen sharing uses a proprietary protocol based on VNC. > When a normal VNC client connects to a Mac using standard VNC, a > different and far less efficient protocol ends up being used. > > There are other screen sharing solutions for Mac that both implement > standard protocols and are faster than Mac's support for standard VNC, > such as the NuoRDS RDP server. > > I think for Guacamole to achieve the performance of the proprietary Mac > screen sharing protocol, we would need to implement our own remote > desktop server for Mac that serves Guacamole protocol directly. Only > then would we be able to take advantage of other performance options > provided by the Guacamole protocol like nested layers and compositing. > > If the Mac-to-Mac screen sharing protocol were opened up to the public, > or if someone reverse engineered the protocol and implemented a library > supporting it, then guacamole-server could support it directly and that > would probably also do the trick. > > - Mike > > On 5/4/23 08:00, Doug Baggett wrote: > > Thank you for your reply. > > > > I appreciate your suggestion of using TeamViewer, but I am specifically > > interested in using Guacamole with VNC to connect to my Mac. I agree > > that Guacamole’s advantage is that it does not require any client > > software installation, but I am wondering why it is slower than native > > Mac-to-Mac screen sharing. Do you have any idea why this might be the > > case? Have you tried using Guacamole with VNC to connect to a Mac and > > compared it to other methods of screen sharing? > > > > Best regards, > > > > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 9:47 AM Shigeki Sawamura > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > You install host and client software, right? > > TeamViewer is also fast if you can install it. > > Guacamole's good point is that you can access the client only with a > > browser. > > > > At least I'm more comfortable using it than software that doesn't > > know where it goes. > > This may be a minority opinion. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > On 2023/05/04 木 午後 09:26, Doug Baggett wrote: > > > One issue that has been bothering me is the noticeable difference > > in speed when using Apache Guacamole with VNC to connect to my Mac, > > compared to native Mac-to-Mac screen sharing. > > > > > > I initially assumed that Mac-to-Mac screen sharing utilized VNC, > > but after testing other VNC clients, I found that they also > > exhibited slower performance, similar to Guacamole. > > > > > > Some theories suggest that Mac-to-Mac screen sharing detects > > another Mac connecting and employs hardware-encoded/decoded HEVC, > > resulting in faster performance. Has anyone else experienced this > > slower performance when using Guacamole or a standard VNC client? I > > have compared Mac-to-Mac screen sharing over ZeroTier on the > > internet, and it is significantly faster than using Guacamole/VNC to > > connect to the same Mac. I am curious to hear if others have had > > similar experiences or thoughts on this issue. > > > > > > It would really be nice if there was some way for guacamole to > > have similar performance as native Mac-to-Mac screensharing. > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
