Open Source Remote Management Application
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@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
NoMachine will work for this. Gnome also has Vino which is an easy way to get VNC working.
X2Go is the open source version of NoMachine.
The only part of NoMachine that's not open source is the terminal server (afaik). All of the NX stuff is from them (which is what X2Go uses), and is open source. NoMachine gives you console access which is what he's asking for. X2Go has a desktop sharing something or other but I haven't ever got it working.
Their client is not open, either. And AFAIK only NX protocols through 3 were open protocols, NX 4 is closed top to bottom, I think.
Right, 3 is open, which is what X2Go uses. Does he mean Open Source as in he wants Open Source or does he mean it as he wants a free alternative to things like Teamviewer?
I use NoMachine frequently for this exact purpose and have no questions regarding security or anything else. X2Go by default won't give him what he wants. And like I said, I haven't ever got the desktop sharing to work.
VNC is best for sharing and it's free for unlimited use. X2Go is more for RDP like usage as an application server.
NoMachine is much faster than VNC, has file transfer ability, audio support, chat support, etc. I use VNC as a last resort.
I thought that VNC had a lot of that, now.
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@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
NoMachine will work for this. Gnome also has Vino which is an easy way to get VNC working.
X2Go is the open source version of NoMachine.
The only part of NoMachine that's not open source is the terminal server (afaik). All of the NX stuff is from them (which is what X2Go uses), and is open source. NoMachine gives you console access which is what he's asking for. X2Go has a desktop sharing something or other but I haven't ever got it working.
Their client is not open, either. And AFAIK only NX protocols through 3 were open protocols, NX 4 is closed top to bottom, I think.
Right, 3 is open, which is what X2Go uses. Does he mean Open Source as in he wants Open Source or does he mean it as he wants a free alternative to things like Teamviewer?
I use NoMachine frequently for this exact purpose and have no questions regarding security or anything else. X2Go by default won't give him what he wants. And like I said, I haven't ever got the desktop sharing to work.
VNC is best for sharing and it's free for unlimited use. X2Go is more for RDP like usage as an application server.
NoMachine is much faster than VNC, has file transfer ability, audio support, chat support, etc. I use VNC as a last resort.
I thought that VNC had a lot of that, now.
I think the paid versions of RealVNC have something like that, I think it might have a terminal server type option also but afaik not tiger VNC or Vino.
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One issue with NX is it won't work with Wayland so at some point unless something changes it will be done when X is done. I'm hoping for the day when spice can be used on hardware along with VDI
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@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
One issue with NX is it won't work with Wayland so at some point unless something changes it will be done when X is done. I'm hoping for the day when spice can be used on hardware along with VDI
Oh right, that's why we can't use it. Doesn't work with Gnome 3 and therefore Cinnamon.
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@scottalanmiller said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
@stacksofplates said in Open Source Remote Management Application:
One issue with NX is it won't work with Wayland so at some point unless something changes it will be done when X is done. I'm hoping for the day when spice can be used on hardware along with VDI
Oh right, that's why we can't use it. Doesn't work with Gnome 3 and therefore Cinnamon.
NoMachine will. I use it a lot. X2Go won't.
However they are working on it. The Gnome 3/Cinnamon issue is because it requires HW acceleration for the desktop.
You can use the published applications with X2Go (I think).
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ScreenConnect can definitely be used in house, but it is not open source or free. So probably not what you are looking for, but worth mentioning.
