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Latency would be my biggest concern with the service, sometimes even an X11-over-ssh session on a local network can be incredibly slow to use, putting it across
by nicholassmith 13y ago
Latency would be my biggest concern with the service, sometimes even an X11-over-ssh session on a local network can be incredibly slow to use, putting it across the internet doesn't do much to help.
- kayoone 13y agoX11 over ssh is really slow. Windows RDP, VNC or Teamviewer are generally pretty fast to the point where it makes almost no difference to the normal Desktop user.
- csmuk 13y agoSpot on, though outlook 2013 is a piece of crap over RDP
- lvillani 13y agoIn my experience on a Gbit LAN, RDP is really fast, VNC and TeamViewer, not so much. I'm connected to a Windows 7 machine via RDP and to a Mac via VNC (even though I used to use TeamViewer) with Remmina on Ubuntu.
- nicholassmith 13y agoVNC in my experience is usually quite effected by latency as well, RDP was always reasonably solid which works well for most corporate concerns.
- greedo 13y agoWe've completely given up on X11 and moved to NoMachine...
- luma 13y agoThis solution is utilizing PCoIP[1] which is a very mature protocol that can support things like video streaming, adaptive compression, and remote USB device passthrough. It's nothing like VNC or X11, and I have a number of customers running thousands of users with it. VMware also licensed this protocol for their View product and it's been very successful in that space. While I generally prefer the ICA/HDX stack for VDI use, PCoIP is pretty damn nice and it's a great choice for this kind of offering. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teradici#PCoIP_Protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teradici#PCoIP_Protocol
- JunkDNA 13y agoI second this. The protocol is incredibly fast, even over a cellular connection when zipping down the rail line on Amtrak. On a LAN I can use VMware PCoIP on an Apple Cinema Display and there is zero lag (hard to test the Cinema Display on Amtrak!). I don't know what black magic they use under the hood, but it's the only remote protocol I've ever used that didn't make me want to throw my computer out the window.
- kayoone 13y agoSounds interesting, i wonder if something like this will replace home computing in the future. How is the performance when watching videos or playing some casual game, does that still work ?
- JunkDNA 13y agoI haven't done any gaming with it, but web video played in the browser works the same as locally. I haven't tried any full screen stuff like movies though. For regular application usage there is no perceptible lag for things like scrolling, editing, highlighting, etc...