[X2go-user] Hooking Up To A Running X-Session

Mike Gabriel mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de
Tue Apr 12 22:32:15 CEST 2011


Hi John,

On Di 12 Apr 2011 22:00:15 CEST "John A. Sullivan III" wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 21:50 +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote:
>> On Di 12 Apr 2011 21:32:23 CEST "John A. Sullivan III" wrote:
>>
>> > We take a slightly different approach - and that is exactly what it is -
>> > different - not better or worse.  In our case, we want our users working
>> > in their virtual desktops all the time and the virtual desktops are all
>> > accessed across the Internet.  Thus, we did not want users to have to
>> > leave their virtual desktops to open another X2Go session in shadow
>> > mode.  Instead, we placed "share desktop" and "View Another Desktop"
>> > icons on their virtual desktops which use X11VNC to share the active
>> > desktop.  Thus, all activity is from within the virtual desktops.
>> >
>> > Since the VNC connection is inside the LAN (between virtual desktops),
>> > the performance is very good and we gain the Internet boost from NX for
>> > VNC just like we do for RDP when we push Terminal Server sessions
>> > through NX.  Just another way for those with environments similar to
>> > ours - John
>>
>> This sounds nice!!!!
>>
>> Mike
>>
> It's actually very similar to the X2Go desktop sharing as I believe that
> also uses VNC rather than NX for the shadow session.  The main
> difference is whether one shadows from one's physical desktop or one's
> virtual desktop.  Thanks - John

Hmmm... AFAIK the X2go shadow session stuff is actually an NX feature  
that is just utilized by X2go. But that, though, is internally  
probably some VNC'ish stuff...

Greets,
Mike


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