We found VNC only usable on high bandwidth networks. We use NX and find it about 100 kbps down and 20 up! Several FOSS NX servers and clients at http://freeopensourcesoftware.org Martin Settle <martin [ dot ] settle [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: >Haven't used it recently, but while working with multiple offices in >the UK >I was having pretty good success with VNC. > >https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC > >There are clients (and servers) available for Windows machines. >TightVNC >was the one I was using. > >Good luck. >Marti. > > >On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Jean-Francois Messier <jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca> >wrote: > >> For the last few versions of Ubuntu, I was having increasingly more >> problems getting a remote desktop working properly from a Windows >> client. >> >> Here's my problem: I have serveral Ubuntu-based computers (Desktop >> edition, not server), and those are virtual ones, running on a remote >> box. Although I can do many things using the CLI, there are times >where >> I need the GUI, from a Windows-based client. >> >> I tried the NX-based solution, with not much success (also the client >> was flagged as infected by our andi-virus). I also tried the straight >> RDP client, using the xrdp service installed under Ubuntu. In both >> cases, I was ending up with a blank desktop, without even a button to >> log out. I had to ssh to remotely kill the process. >> >> What is recommended for such setup ? >> >> >> Thanks :-) >> >> >> JF >> --- >> Le code source libre c'est l'ouverture de l'esprit. >> Open Source is open minded. >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >> >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux -- Bill Stewart, CEO http://CirrusComputing.com/ wstewart [ at ] cirruscomputing [ dot ] com 1-613-797-7744