Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:35:58 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Dave Babb <dcbdbis@comcast.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal Server Software Question Message-ID: <540E6E96.4060206@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <540E31C4.7010906@comcast.net> References: <540E31C4.7010906@comcast.net>
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On 09/09/2014 08:16, Dave Babb wrote: > My new project will be firt in all FreeBSD. Prior I have deployed Linux > server/client solutions. I've been on FreeBSD 6-7 months and am very > comfortable with it. > > However, in ports, I do not see the no machine server, nor the x2go > server. I see the clients, but not the servers. > > What are folks using when they need the functional equivalent of a > Windows Terminal Server, if not nx or x2go? > > My new project needs to be a graphical server. The new model will be a > bunch of thin clinets attached to one server. (6 users top, it's small) > > Suggestions please (other than VNC)? X11/Xorg? With xdm you can login to the server that runs the apps and have all windows drawn locally. https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html You can also ssh to the server with ForwardX11 enabled to run a single app and have it's windows drawn locally. That's assuming FreeBSD/Linux at both ends. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Serving Data Shane Ambler
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