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===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== | ||
- | X2Go enables you to access a //graphical desktop// of a computer over a //low bandwidth// (or high bandwidth) connection. | + | X2Go enables you to access a //graphical desktop// of a computer over a //low bandwidth// (or high bandwidth) connection. |
X2Go is a // | X2Go is a // | ||
- | With X2Go, you can access Linux computers. The Linux computer you are accessing is the //X2Go Server//. | + | |
+ | With X2Go, you mainly | ||
+ | (There are ways to connect to a Windows computer as well; some of them are only available on Linux.) | ||
You can connect from a computer running Linux, Windows or Mac OS X. This computer is the //X2Go Client//. | You can connect from a computer running Linux, Windows or Mac OS X. This computer is the //X2Go Client//. | ||
- | Multiple users/ | + | Multiple users/ |
+ | For the graphical part of remote desktop sessions, X2Go uses [[http:// | ||
- | It it similar to **No Machine NX3** http:// | ||
- | Like NX3, it supports the following | + | === Basic features |
- | * Graphical [[https:// | + | * Graphical [[https:// |
* The ability to disconnect and reconnect to a session, even from another client | * The ability to disconnect and reconnect to a session, even from another client | ||
* Support for sound | * Support for sound | ||
* Support for as many simultaneous users as the computer' | * Support for as many simultaneous users as the computer' | ||
* Traffic is securely tunneled over SSH | * Traffic is securely tunneled over SSH | ||
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- | === Changes / improvements over NX3 === | ||
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* File Sharing from client to server | * File Sharing from client to server | ||
* Printer Sharing from client to server | * Printer Sharing from client to server | ||
- | * Easily select from multiple desktop environments (e.g., GNOME, KDE) | + | * Easily select from multiple desktop environments (e.g., MATE, GNOME, KDE) |
- | * //remote | + | * //Remote |
- | * The ability to access single applications | + | * The ability to access single applications |
- | * Improved support for sound | + | |
- | * Improved integration | + | |
- | === Advanced features | + | === Changes |
- | * [[2go.org/ | + | |
- | * The ability to access a Windows computer that supports RDP via [[wiki: | + | * Improved support for sound via Pulseaudio |
- | * A [[wiki: | + | * Improved integration of '' |
- | * A [[wiki: | + | * No special proxy user (nx) account is required with X2Go |
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+ | === Advanced features of X2Go === | ||
+ | * [[wiki: | ||
+ | * The ability to access a Windows computer that supports RDP via [[wiki: | ||
+ | * The Linux X2Go client can also serve as a graphical front-end to a client-side rdesktop/ | ||
+ | * X2Go Servers can provide XDCMP Query Hosts over low bandwidths. | ||
+ | * A [[wiki: | ||
+ | * A [[wiki: | ||
See [[wiki: | See [[wiki: | ||
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== X2Go Client == | == X2Go Client == | ||
- | This is what the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/ | + | The X2Go Client |
== X2Go Server == | == X2Go Server == | ||
- | The machine that runs the X2Go server would be called the //remote machine//. | + | The machine that runs the X2Go server would be called the //remote machine// |
- | + | ||
- | The X11 applications that run on the X2Go Server (e.g., Firefox, Xterm) would be called //X11 clients// | + | |
===== Installation and Use ==== | ===== Installation and Use ==== | ||
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== X2Go Server == | == X2Go Server == | ||
- | Installation normally consists of adding the X2Go repository for your Linux distro, and then installing the packages. Instructions are [[doc: | + | Installation normally consists of adding the X2Go repository for your Linux distro, and then installing the packages. Instructions are [[doc: |
If your Linux distro is not listed on that page, see [[wiki: | If your Linux distro is not listed on that page, see [[wiki: | ||
- | Once installed, there is no service | + | Once installed, there is only a tiny service that needs to run in the background. That daemon is a post-session clean-up daemon, but it is not required to launch X2Go sessions. Connections are handled through the Linux distro' |
== X2Go Client == | == X2Go Client == | ||
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* Session Name | * Session Name | ||
- | * Host/ (hostname or IP address) | + | * Host (hostname or IP address) |
- | * Session type (e.g. "GNOME" desktop environment, | + | * Session type (e.g. "MATE" desktop environment, |
You can then enter your username and password and connect to the X2Go server. | You can then enter your username and password and connect to the X2Go server. | ||
Advanced authentication methods (SSH keys, GSSAPI/ | Advanced authentication methods (SSH keys, GSSAPI/ | ||
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+ | Please check to make sure that [[doc: | ||
== Getting Help == | == Getting Help == | ||
- | Community support is available over [[contact: | + | Community support |
+ | |||
+ | Community support in German is available on the [[http:// | ||
+ | [[doc: | ||
+ | ===== Screenshots ===== | ||
+ | {{: |