Installing X2Go NX Server on Linux Mint 17.2
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@johnhooks said:
I've never used X2Go. How does it compare to NoMachine?
NoMachine is closed source and more limited but uses the NX4 protocol. X2Go is open source and uses the NX3 protocol.
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It should be mentioned that the X2go system isn't compatible with all of the Mint Desktop environments. If you are having problems, I'd recommend trying the Mate desktop environment...
sudo apt-get install mint-meta-mateAnd make sure you choose that environment when setting up your connection in your X2Go client.
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On which desktops have you seen issues?
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Just tested and works well on Cinnamon, the standard desktop.
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Cinnamon does not work at all for me. Using the Windows X2Go client, I cannot see the mouse pointer at all. Using the PyHoca client, I get the desktop icons, but no panel at the bottom of my screen, lol.
Using Mate, everything works beautifully. I must also add this is a Virtual Box VM that I am connecting to, and Cinnamon works fine when logged in locally at my laptop.
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@dafyre said:
Cinnamon does not work at all for me.
Are you fully up to date? Are you using the X2Go that came with the OS?
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@dafyre said:
Using the Windows X2Go client, I cannot see the mouse pointer at all. Using the PyHoca client, I get the desktop icons, but no panel at the bottom of my screen, lol.
OH WAIT!!!
You mean on the terminal server side, not the local client side. Okay, totally different. And yes, we had Cinnamon issues with ScreenConnect but not with X2Go. But we don't use Cinnamon but use LXDE just because it is lighter and faster over the NX link.
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Yea on the terminal Server side. I'm using the Pyhoca GUI + Mate. It rocks! And to whoever was complaining about the funky seal looking icon, thta is the Pyhoca GUI, and not the regular X2Go Client app.
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Any issues with software rendering and Mate? Mate is the one desktop we never test (Gnome 2 and all that.) You find it superior to LXDE? We find default XFCE to be very wasteful on screen real estate.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Any issues with software rendering and Mate? Mate is the one desktop we never test (Gnome 2 and all that.) You find it superior to LXDE? We find default XFCE to be very wasteful on screen real estate.
I was always a big fan of the old Gnome (before Gnome 3 / Unity and all that). Mate runs plenty fast enough for me from off site, over ZT and a home connection that only has 4mbit upload.
I really like the Pyhoca GUI, as it can dynamically resize the screen with only a short lag. I can watch videos on youtube (not in full screen, lol) and sound works too (I think). I also like Mate because it is similar in layout to Cinnamon without the hardware requirements for the fancy effects.
I should probably try out LXDE, I don't recall using that recently.
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I had the same issue with cinnamon. It would go to fallback mode and then all you had was the application menu and places. I couldn't even log out! But Mate works really well. You get the old Mint Menu design and it works pretty well at least on my LAN. I'm going to test it tomorrow from my parents house over ZeroTier to see how it works over the internet.
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@johnhooks said:
I had the same issue with cinnamon. It would go to fallback mode and then all you had was the application menu and places. I couldn't even log out! But Mate works really well. You get the old Mint Menu design and it works pretty well at least on my LAN. I'm going to test it tomorrow from my parents house over ZeroTier to see how it works over the internet.
How use ZeroTier? Why not connect directly?
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@johnhooks It seems to work really well over the internet for me. I love the fact that I can disconnect a session and come back to it later. I've always wanted that for the Linux GUI.
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@scottalanmiller Because we don't want to poke holes in our router / firewall.
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Yes, persistent desktops are really nice.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
I had the same issue with cinnamon. It would go to fallback mode and then all you had was the application menu and places. I couldn't even log out! But Mate works really well. You get the old Mint Menu design and it works pretty well at least on my LAN. I'm going to test it tomorrow from my parents house over ZeroTier to see how it works over the internet.
How use ZeroTier? Why not connect directly?
It's on a VM on the server in my house. I'd either have to port forward or just use ZeroTier.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Because we don't want to poke holes in our router / firewall.
... and we already have ZT going.But for security, you don't want unnecessary exposure, right?
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@johnhooks said:
It's on a VM on the server in my house. I'd either have to port forward or just use ZeroTier.
Ah, okay.
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@scottalanmiller tries to see where you're going with this
Right. So I'll use my existing ZT Network and not (manually) poke holes in my firewall.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller tries to see where you're going with this
Right. So I'll use my existing ZT Network and not (manually) poke holes in my firewall.
So you are going to expose the whole network to any ransomware / cryptoware risks on your connecting machines? One of the beauties of using a terminal server is providing an air gap to keep the biggest risks from getting through. VPNs are huge risks to networkworks.
