I'm thinking of using VNC to remotely access a couple of GUI applications running on my home desktop machine. Both my home desktop and the remote client machine are running xubuntu 18.04.
I don't need a full desktop so a simple GUi just giving the ability to run programs is all I need. I *may* sometimes run over slow links so good link efficiency would be helpful. ... and finally it would be nice if it could use ssh for the link.
So what would people recommend, preferably from the Ubuntu repositories for server and client?
I'm a fan of TightVNC personally, although no experience with it in Ubuntu, it is however in the repo AFAIK.
Steven Rose stevenjohnrose.co.uk
-----Original Message----- From: main main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk On Behalf Of Chris Green Sent: 03 October 2018 20:20 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] VNC recommendations wanted please
I'm thinking of using VNC to remotely access a couple of GUI applications running on my home desktop machine. Both my home desktop and the remote client machine are running xubuntu 18.04.
I don't need a full desktop so a simple GUi just giving the ability to run programs is all I need. I *may* sometimes run over slow links so good link efficiency would be helpful. ... and finally it would be nice if it could use ssh for the link.
So what would people recommend, preferably from the Ubuntu repositories for server and client?
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There are a tonne of different VNC distributions, which are incredibly confusing.
Last time I looked into this (Nov 2015), TigerVNC was probably the best choice for general-purpose VNC server / client for Linux, as it was based on RealVNC Open 4.1.3 (TigerVNC was based off the older VNC 3.3.3r9 codebase). Most of the Linux distributions had started to package TigerVNC as their primary VNC distribution.
Unless things have been re-based, that's the one I'd start with. Of course, that was a few years ago - I have no idea whether development of either has stalled or whether there are any new distributions that have sprung up since then.
Cheers,
Peter. On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 at 22:25, Steven Rose steven@stevenjohnrose.co.uk wrote:
I'm a fan of TightVNC personally, although no experience with it in Ubuntu, it is however in the repo AFAIK.
Steven Rose stevenjohnrose.co.uk
-----Original Message----- From: main main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk On Behalf Of Chris Green Sent: 03 October 2018 20:20 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] VNC recommendations wanted please
I'm thinking of using VNC to remotely access a couple of GUI applications running on my home desktop machine. Both my home desktop and the remote client machine are running xubuntu 18.04.
I don't need a full desktop so a simple GUi just giving the ability to run programs is all I need. I *may* sometimes run over slow links so good link efficiency would be helpful. ... and finally it would be nice if it could use ssh for the link.
So what would people recommend, preferably from the Ubuntu repositories for server and client?
-- Chris Green
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bleugh, email was rushed - I meant to say:
/TightVNC/ was based off the older VNC 3.3.3r9 codebase ...
Peter. On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 11:29, samwise samwise@bagshot-row.org wrote:
There are a tonne of different VNC distributions, which are incredibly confusing.
Last time I looked into this (Nov 2015), TigerVNC was probably the best choice for general-purpose VNC server / client for Linux, as it was based on RealVNC Open 4.1.3 (TigerVNC was based off the older VNC 3.3.3r9 codebase). Most of the Linux distributions had started to package TigerVNC as their primary VNC distribution.
Unless things have been re-based, that's the one I'd start with. Of course, that was a few years ago - I have no idea whether development of either has stalled or whether there are any new distributions that have sprung up since then.
Cheers,
Peter. On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 at 22:25, Steven Rose steven@stevenjohnrose.co.uk wrote:
I'm a fan of TightVNC personally, although no experience with it in Ubuntu, it is however in the repo AFAIK.
Steven Rose stevenjohnrose.co.uk
-----Original Message----- From: main main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk On Behalf Of Chris Green Sent: 03 October 2018 20:20 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] VNC recommendations wanted please
I'm thinking of using VNC to remotely access a couple of GUI applications running on my home desktop machine. Both my home desktop and the remote client machine are running xubuntu 18.04.
I don't need a full desktop so a simple GUi just giving the ability to run programs is all I need. I *may* sometimes run over slow links so good link efficiency would be helpful. ... and finally it would be nice if it could use ssh for the link.
So what would people recommend, preferably from the Ubuntu repositories for server and client?
-- Chris Green
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On 03/10/18 20:19, Chris Green wrote:
I'm thinking of using VNC to remotely access a couple of GUI applications running on my home desktop machine. Both my home desktop and the remote client machine are running xubuntu 18.04.
I don't need a full desktop so a simple GUi just giving the ability to run programs is all I need. I *may* sometimes run over slow links so good link efficiency would be helpful. ... and finally it would be nice if it could use ssh for the link.
So what would people recommend, preferably from the Ubuntu repositories for server and client?
I've been using NoMachine recently.
https://www.nomachine.com https://www.nomachine.com/all-documents
Cheers, Laurie.
On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 12:41:41PM +0100, Laurie Brown wrote:
On 03/10/18 20:19, Chris Green wrote:
I'm thinking of using VNC to remotely access a couple of GUI applications running on my home desktop machine. Both my home desktop and the remote client machine are running xubuntu 18.04.
I don't need a full desktop so a simple GUi just giving the ability to run programs is all I need. I *may* sometimes run over slow links so good link efficiency would be helpful. ... and finally it would be nice if it could use ssh for the link.
So what would people recommend, preferably from the Ubuntu repositories for server and client?
I've been using NoMachine recently.
https://www.nomachine.com https://www.nomachine.com/all-documents
Yes, I've sort of got to a similar place, I'm trying x2go which is basically a branch of nomachine 3 keeping it non-proprietary. It's in the ubuntu repositories and 'just works' having installed the server on one system and the client on another. It suits me well as it just piggy-backs on ssh so I don't have to open any more ports to allow access from outside.
On 03/10/18 20:19, Chris Green wrote:
I'm thinking of using VNC to remotely access a couple of GUI applications running on my home desktop machine. Both my home desktop and the remote client machine are running xubuntu 18.04.
I don't need a full desktop so a simple GUi just giving the ability to run programs is all I need. I *may* sometimes run over slow links so good link efficiency would be helpful. ... and finally it would be nice if it could use ssh for the link.
So what would people recommend, preferably from the Ubuntu repositories for server and client?
I believe TightVnc is quite commonly used, but I haven't tried it recently. I used to use RealVNC. It think what to use really depends on what you want. There are two ways of working:
a) See exactly what someone in front of the machine will see. or b) have a new gui login to the machine, so you see a different screen to what someone in front of the machine would see.
If you want b) I think you have to install a VNC server in a particular way, so you're best to google.
I always want a), and in the past have had trouble achieving it. I now do this.
The remote machine must be logged in with a GUI showing (but there is a way round this if required).
SSH into the remote machine. Set up port forwarding on the ssh if required.
Run the vnc server "x11vnc" on the remote machine. (not installed by default, but is in the repos) Connect to the remote machine with a VNC Client. You can use vncviewer from a command line (part of realVNC package). However as I tend to vnc from my laptop, I have installed Remmina on it. Remina lets you save settings so you can start a session on a particular machine by clicking on a name that you set up earlier.
Advantage of this setup: Not running a VNC server on the remote machine unless you want it there. Very simple to setup.
Disadvantages: you have to roll-your-own port forwarding & compression.
Alternatives NoMachine TeamViewer
Vinagre used to be installed by default in Ubuntu & used to work well. Since I swapped away from straight ubuntu to various *buntus, I've failed to get it to work. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Vinagre
Hope that helps.
Steve
Disadvantages: you have to roll-your-own port forwarding & compression.
If using default VNC port numbers, this maps remote vnc port 5900 to local port 5900 ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 remoteusername@rempteiporaddress
so you could then use vncviewer 127.0.0.1:5900
Starting a GUI on a machine where there is not one already started (i.e. the remote equivalent of StartX) http://no-sheds.blogspot.com/2018/03/remotely-starting-x11-desktop-on-linux....
If the GUI is running but not logged in, x11vnc will fail, but will give you an explanation on how to make it work.
Steve
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