[OpenIndiana-discuss] NoMachine or X2Go on Openindiana?

[Lonnie Cumberland]

Yea, I think that I remember working a little bit with the SunRay stuff
some years ago and did not know that folks were still using them.

I've used RDP on Windows and Linux (via xRDP) for a long time. You are
right in that the Linux/Unix implementations leave a lot to be desired, but
for this project I am leaning towards NoMachine NX or X2GO, at least
initially and will see where this takes us as I need a generic support for
multiple OS's that also supports application seamless windows as well as
audio, file xfer, filesystem sharing, and a few other things for which
these 2 seem to be the most advanced in this way and still cover most of
the requirements. The current catch is that I may have to do a significant
amount of work to get one of them to run on Openindiana (Illumos-based) to
talk to the VM's

BTW, I really like the "Sheldon Cooper" pic. It's a great show that I can
relate in that my day job is as a Physicist.

Thanks again,
Lonnie



On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com>
wrote:

> from all of my prior research, RDP is the best protocol, but most
> implementations on Linux/Unix suck big time.  If you're looking for a pay
> for product, you might be better off looking at a full blown Windows
> Server, or a Cisco product.
>
> I just wish that Sun had released the code for the SunRay software, as they
> had apps that would allow you to connect into your session over several
> devices.  We still use SunRays extensively in our laboratories, but we
> bought up a large quantity of kit when Oracle abandoned the project.
>
> the FreeNX is a NoMachine version 3 equivalent.  but IIRC the latest
> NoMachine client talks to the version 3 server happily.
>
> Jon
>
> On 16 November 2017 at 16:38, Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie at outstep.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > Thanks for getting back to on this question.
> >
> > I'll try to dig in a bit more to see how best to proceed forward since I
> > need an NX-based client to be able to run on the Illumos based OS like
> > Openindiana and the best ones that I have come across seem to be actually
> > NoMachine NX or possibly X2GO which both seem to be the most advanced and
> > have much less latency than VNC and even RDP (via XRDP perhaps) from
> what I
> > have found so far.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Lonnie
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It was a fair number of years ago, and I only did it as a project to
> see
> > if
> > > it would work, but I got "NoMachine" working on Solaris 10 and on an
> > early
> > > OpenIndiana, using the freeNX code, that I can't seem to find online
> any
> > > more.
> > >
> > > I even managed to compile the NX client for it using another project
> and
> > > the shared NX library.
> > >
> > > It took quite a lot of work to get it going, but it did work okay once
> it
> > > was compiled.
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > > On 16 November 2017 at 13:48, Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie at outstep.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Greetings all,
> > > >
> > > > I have been researching a lot of information lately towards trying to
> > > > locate if a NoMachine NX or X2Go client can run on Openindiana, but
> > have
> > > > have not had any luck in located either any documentation or packages
> > > that
> > > > might be installed.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have any experience in this area that might be able to
> > advise
> > > > me?
> > > >
> > > > Any information would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > Thanks and have a great day,
> > > > Lonnie
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