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I haven't seen anybody mention xpra ( https://xpra.org/ https://xpra.org/ ) yet, but I used to use it daily a while back when I still used linux on my laptop.
by philsnow 4y ago
I haven't seen anybody mention xpra ( https://xpra.org/ https://xpra.org/ ) yet, but I used to use it daily a while back when I still used linux on my laptop. "Screen for X" really jives with how I wanted to use it (beefy server, ultrabook laptop, fast local network).
X2Go is also pretty good IIRC.
I used NoMachine at work a few jobs ago, but I didn't like how it required a weird dedicated unix user for itself. I don't know why they needed that (maybe so that they could multiplex multiple users over a single port or something like that?), but I never understood why it didn't just run as my own user. It was fast, I'll give it that.
- Youden 4y agoVery big +1 for Xpra. For anyone unfamiliar, it's similar to ssh -X but with modern compression, so it works well even with reduced bandwidth. If you want, you can also use it to view an entire desktop but I find it much more comfortable to have the windows on the remote computer act as windows on my local computer.
- pmontra 4y agoMany servers create their own user. PostgreSQL creates postgres and gives ownership of configuration and data files to it. It's especially convenient when those server softwares run on real servers or on multiuser machines. Historically single user Unix machines were the exception. They cost too much. Graphical workstations started the trend, then Linux.