- use Debian or Ubuntu (we all work with Debian primarily)
I'm already on that track.
- configure APT: http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/download:start
I can do this on my laptop.
- install x2goserver-xsession on your server (Debian/Ubuntu)
Stop. I don't have root access. :-( I only have a normal user account on that machine.
- instal x2goclient or pyhoca-gui on your client
I could do that on my laptop, but without a server it doesn't make sense.
- configure a session profile (I am sure you will find out about the fields)
I don't come up to that point, since I don't have a server.
- Start your first session
It's clear, that since I cannot execute (3), I don't come to this point.
The only thing I could do, would be to setup a set of virtual machines locally on my laptop. But I'm to lazy to do this, since I'd have to build a local network between the VMs and it's actually useless since all is on my laptop.
What other questions do you have? If possible, I will point you to solutions.
How do I get over step 3?
As X2Go ships a complete X-Server source tree (nx-libs.git for x2goagent) it is indeed not very trivial. Maybe you have to talk to your IT provider to install you the basic X2Go packages.
Sorry, I actually even don't want the sysadmins of that server get involve. Why should this be necessary. If I am not completely wrong, X does not need to run as root.
Sorry about the non-user installation,
That's at least a clear statement. Thanks. However, might this change in a near future?
Ralf