[X2go-dev] convert X11 to RDP

Gerry Reno greno at verizon.net
Thu Jul 22 16:15:58 CEST 2010


On 07/22/2010 10:06 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 09:45 +0800, 秦桂杉 wrote:
>   
>> hi
>>
>> Is it possible to use x2goagent  to covert X11 to RDP?
>> I want to use XP tsclient to  view a remote X11 desktop , is there
>> open source project  like this?
>>
>>     
> Perhaps I misunderstand the question.  If you wish to view a remote X11
> Desktop from an XP station, why not just use X2Go?
>
> Regarding conversion, our anecdotal analysis is that it seems faster to
> run the NX protocol to connect to a remote Linux desktop and then
> rdesktop to a local Windows computer rather than to run RDP directly
> across a WAN.  I do not know if others share that same experience - John
>
>   

John,
We see the same thing. The only issue is that it's more complexity when
using an intermediate host. It would be nice if we could find a way to
do this more directly using NX so that there wasn't a need for the
intermediate host.

Gerry





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