From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mparson@bl.org (Michael Parson) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:16:00 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [TUHS] X, Suntools, and the like In-Reply-To: <1595e98a-045b-4332-ae4b-4c3b9009e513@SG2APC01FT013.eop-APC01.prod.protection.outlook.com> References: <4227EA32-12C2-46D1-B683-88812D1E5168@tfeb.org> <3B3776C9-1B22-4143-A4F5-0BEA13C79505@tfeb.org> <20170315164006.GC26286@wopr> <20170316230455.GA21805@naleco.com> <20170317001331.GO5720@mcvoy.com> <1595e98a-045b-4332-ae4b-4c3b9009e513@SG2APC01FT013.eop-APC01.prod.protection.outlook.com> Message-ID: >On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Larry McVoy wrote: >> I'd be stoked if X11 had an RDP extension or something. I have no idea if >> that makes sense but RDP is the shit. On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, jsteve at superglobalmegacorp.com wrote: > Well there is xrdp > http://www.xrdp.org/ I'm a fan of this project. > I’ve used this to ‘terminal server-ize’ our Oracle on Linux > installs, as our DBA’s were used to Oracle on Windows (I know, I > know, they also used to run it on Netware....) So the upshot is that > on Windows you just fire up the rdp client, and connect into the Linux > machine, and it’ll greet you with a login screen, login, and you > have your desktop. On the backend it’s the virtual X framebuffer, > and xrdp does some vnc/mstsc type translation in the middle. I'd describe xrdp as a VNC client that you connect to via RDP. > It’s great for sharing out desktops, or if you have those old > ‘windows terminals’ that can at least talk to a MS Terminal > server. It’s incompatible with the citrix stuff, but it’s pretty > cool. For whole-desktop sharing, yes, it's very nice. Occasionally I try and come up with ways to share a single app with it, to avoid the issue where a network hiccup kills the app and you lose work. Copious spare time and all that... -- Michael Parson Pflugerville, TX KF5LGQ