From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 24 13:16:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085A216A404 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from parrot.aev.net (parrot.aev.net [212.31.247.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B75E13C4C5 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:16:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from soth.ventu (adsl-ull-69-196.51-151.net24.it [151.51.196.69]) (authenticated bits=128) by parrot.aev.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0ODPvef006577 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:26:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Received: from [10.1.2.18] (alamar.ventu [10.1.2.18]) by soth.ventu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0ODHCTh014592; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:17:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ml.diespammer@netfence.it) Message-ID: <45B75C16.5080002@netfence.it> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:16:06 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070119) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grzegorz Pluta References: <20070124095325.4129013C4B8@mx1.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070124095325.4129013C4B8@mx1.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 212.31.247.179 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote Desktop Connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:16:22 -0000 Grzegorz Pluta wrote: > Hi. > Id like to asj you guys if you used any remote desktops with freebsd? Which > client/server would you recommend, and why? Witch wich desktop env have you > been using it? There are really countless possibilities, depends on what you are looking for. I've been using rdesktop to connect to Windows 2000 server/XP/2003 machines. Works really fine. KDE has a frontend for it called krdc. What WM you use should not matter much in any case, since you'll get a window with the whole remote "screen" in it. I've used VNC in the past to connect to older Windows machines, but it's a lot slower. Again kdrc can be used as a frontend to it, and again WM should not matter. Be aware that what you are doing will display on the remote machine's physical screen (can be good, can be bad). It's also possible to run a VNC server on UNIX/Linux/FreeBSD/..., but I never tested this. I prefer to user ssh with X11 forwarding for that; works like a charm when on a local network. Fine, but obviously slower when used remotely. Every single application will have its windows on your screen, mixed with local applications, to the point you can hardly tell the difference. I sometimes used to log to a Digital Alpha box using XDM. Quite slow at the time (pre ADSL) and no encryption (i.e. very poor security); I din't manage that box, so I didn't investigate wether that could be solved. KDE has KDM, Gnome has GDM, which are all (compatible, I believe) alternatives to XDM. They could in some rare cases be an alternative to using a remote shell with direct X11 connections. IIRC KDE has some sort of remote desktop server built in, but I never checked this out. I guess there are other ways too... bye av.