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doc:faq:start [2015/08/21 00:35] mikedep333 Add: Why are you using the terms "nx-libs" and "NX libraries" when X2Go uses the 2 executables nxproxy & nxagent? |
doc:faq:start [2015/08/21 01:08] mikedep333 Add: Why not just use X11 forwarding over SSH? This is what Keith Package recommended. |
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For those who want to find reasons for certain behavious of X2Go, read here: [[http:// | For those who want to find reasons for certain behavious of X2Go, read here: [[http:// | ||
- | ===== NX FAQ ===== | + | ===== NX Protocol |
==== Is X2Go compatible with NoMachine' | ==== Is X2Go compatible with NoMachine' | ||
No. It is not possible to use NX client to log on to an X2Go server and vice versa. | No. It is not possible to use NX client to log on to an X2Go server and vice versa. | ||
- | Even though | + | X2Go does use the same libraries |
X2Go also performs SSH authentication in a different manner than NoMachine does. | X2Go also performs SSH authentication in a different manner than NoMachine does. | ||
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(This FAQ article has been written by Mike Gabriel, if someone does not agree with the given information on NoMachine, please be so kind to contact me, so that we can discuss it and possibly correct errors in the given information). | (This FAQ article has been written by Mike Gabriel, if someone does not agree with the given information on NoMachine, please be so kind to contact me, so that we can discuss it and possibly correct errors in the given information). | ||
- | ==== Why are you using the terms " | + | ==== Why are you using the terms " |
Basically: | Basically: | ||
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Having separate tarballs made maintenance more difficult, so they were combined into one as the X2Go project started redistributing them. | Having separate tarballs made maintenance more difficult, so they were combined into one as the X2Go project started redistributing them. | ||
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+ | ==== Why not just use X11 forwarding over SSH? This is what Keith Package recommended. ==== | ||
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+ | You are probably referring to the [[http:// | ||
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+ | It is true that X11 forwarding' | ||
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+ | However, nx-libs performs 3 additional performance improvements: | ||
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+ | - nx-libs caches images, so that they do not have to be resent. For example, opening up your "start menu" is very fast the 2nd and 3rd time that you do so. | ||
+ | - zlib is generic lossless compression, | ||
+ | - XCB applications are still partially hindered by round-trips, | ||
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+ | The 1st 2 performance improvements also reduce bandwidth usage; which has the effect of improving performance when other users are sharing the same WAN link. | ||
==== What is the difference to LTSP? Why a free thin client environment? | ==== What is the difference to LTSP? Why a free thin client environment? | ||
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Further bonuses of X2Go are that you can pause a desktop session and take it to a different thin client for further use. | Further bonuses of X2Go are that you can pause a desktop session and take it to a different thin client for further use. | ||
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+ | ===== Server FAQ ===== | ||
==== What are the packages x2goserver-home and x2goserver-one for? ==== | ==== What are the packages x2goserver-home and x2goserver-one for? ==== |