[X2Go-User] Client Wish List

  I use X2Go for remote administration and I originate on several different

platforms, most often Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, but also from MacOS 10.7.5 and from Windows XP. I also use X2Go to allow my customers remote desktop access to our shell servers.

  The X2Go client differs in behavior from other NX type clients in that

on systems with virtual desktops or workspaces, they keyboard sequence used to switch workspaces, control+arrow key in the case of MacOS or control+alt+arrow key in the case of Ubuntu, do not work within the client, so when I have the client full-screened, I can't switch workspaces except by first minimizing the client. With OpenNX, NoMachine Player, or Remmina, I can use the keyboard short-cuts to switch work spaces without minimizing the client and that is much more convenient.

  Then on Mac there are further problems.  On MacOS 10.7.5, without XQuarts,

X2Go Client is completely unusable. Keyboard translations are severely messed up and it is unstable and usually dies or locks up within fifteen seconds.

  With XQuartz installed, behavior is much better, keyboard translation is

correct with one exception, the state of CAPS LOCK is inverted, that is, when CAPS LOCK is on, I get upper and lower case characters, when it is off, I get UPPER CASE only. It's a minor nusiance and most notable when switching between X2Go client and other windows where I have to keep toggling the CAPS LOCK.

  Another behaviorial issue with MacOS is that it will only do full screen 

if I enable the X-server root window, however this breaks many things MacOS, and so it is essentially not usable in full screen. I do not have to do this with other NX clients, they all go full screen without using the root window and would very much desire this behavior also with X2Go client.

  On MacOS, sound does not work.  It works on Windows and Linux fine, but

not MacOS 10.7.5. It doesn't produce any errors, but doesn't produce any sound either. There are no choices for audio subsystems so nothing to attempt to tweak.

  This isn't a bitch list, just a wish list.  I really appreciate the work

you folks have put into X2Go, aesthetically, I find it far superior to NoMachine, it also connects far more reliably, and working sound is nice.

  I've got the server end working on Centos 6, Centos 7, Fedora 20, 

Scientific Linux 6, Scientific Linux 7, OpenSuse, Mint, Ubuntu, and until very recently Debian Wheezy. I've also got freenx-server working on all of these except Debian. For those of you who have experienced problems with the newer distributions move to compositing window managers that don't work with X2Go, check out mate-desktop.org. Mate is a fork of gnome2 that works perfectly with X2Go and all of the above mentioned Linux distros.

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