networking ubuntu and mint

[Michael Havens]

NX sounds lie the thing to do. I tried to apt get it and it gave me the
program  but there was one I couldn't get. x2goclient  Do I need it? Do you
know where I can get it if I do need it?

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Kevin Fries <kevin at fries-biro.com> wrote:

> Sorry I was slow to jump in on this one...
>
> NX rocks.  I disagree that it is a pain to set up.  It uses VNC and SSH
> to remote the desktop.  Ubuntu .deb packages exist on their site, so
> install is pretty simple.  And, it is as secure as anything short of
> full scale enterprise class application.
>
> HTH
> Kevin
>
> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 12:53 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> > which way do you think is best for the learning experience?
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         you can use rlogin via ssh, and then xming and putty to do the
> >         same
> >         from windows to Linux boxes.
> >
> >         these will maintain the most open options. I have use the
> >         xming/putty
> >         combination and its pretty nice. and as secure as your ssh
> >         session :-)
> >
> >         On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Matt Graham
> >         <danceswithcrows at usa.net> wrote:
> >         > From: Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> >         >> No MAC. Two Linux boxes and 1 Windows XP box.  Is there a
> >         way to
> >         >> make it so that I can have the desktop of the other
> >         computer on
> >         >> another or else is this all text?
> >         > [snip]
> >         >
> >         > That's a bit of a different question, and has nothing to do
> >         with NFS.  This is
> >         > more like "remote access".  There are a bunch of ways; here
> >         are the most
> >         > popular:
> >         >
> >         > VNC/TightVNC : Totally cross-platform, tested, stable,
> >         etcetera.  On 'Doze,
> >         > TightVNC Server will, if run, make the 'Doze desktop
> >         available to clients.  On
> >         > Linux, you want x11vncserver or its GUIfied/friendly
> >         counterparts KDE Desktop
> >         > Sharing or the GNOME equivalent (vino?).  Many clients
> >         exist.  Pick your
> >         > favorite; they usually have "vnc" in their name somewhere.
> >          NOTE:  vncserver
> >         > and tightvncserver create a virtual Display instead of
> >         sharing an
> >         > already-existing Display.
> >         >
> >         > Windows Desktop Sharing : A 'Doze box can share its desktop
> >         to remote clients.
> >         >  There's a Linux client called rdesktop that works pretty
> >         well.  Last I
> >         > checked, there was a proof-of-concept Linux server that
> >         didn't work all that
> >         > well, so this is pretty much one-way only.
> >         >
> >         > NXServer : Proprietary free as in beer, but quite fast over
> >         low-bandwidth
> >         > links.  It's a bit of a pain to set up.  It works well once
> >         it's been set up.
> >         >
> >         > X11 : Can be used, usually isn't, since most modern X
> >         servers are started with
> >         > -nolisten tcp , and GTK+ apps tend to behave badly when not
> >         able to connect to
> >         > a local X socket.
> >         >
> >         > sshing to a Linux box is usually much faster than dragging a
> >         GUI around.  But
> >         > there are ways if you really need them.  Don't forget that
> >         you can "ssh -Y
> >         > remotehost xclient" to ssh to remotehost, then tunnel X over
> >         ssh, so that
> >         > xclient is running on remotehost, but displaying on your
> >         local Display, which
> >         > may be useful in some cases.
> >         >
> >         > --
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> >         Stephen
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