On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 01:44:59PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 03/28/2016 12:06 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:00:53AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >>On 03/27/2016 08:07 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> >>>I haven't been able to make x2go work on Fedora with xfce from a windows
> >>>wkst for several releases. Currently if anything requiring a gui needs to be run
> >>>on the Fedora wkst remotely from a windows box I just ssh with x11 forwarding.
> >>>The problem that remains is if I need access to the currently running console
> >>>session on the Fedora wkst to access a running gui based application.
> >>>
> >>>What alternatives to x2go exist to permit this?
> >>
> >>FreeNX (what x2go is based on), several VNC packages (RealVNC, VPNC,
> >>TigerVNC), Remmina, TeamViewer, vinigre and others. Just google "remote
> >>desktop linux" and have at it. A fairly good review of some of them:
> >>
> >
> >Interesting set of reviews, thanks for posting it!
> >
> >But a caveat: VPNC is NOT a VNC server or client, VPNC is a Cisco client,
> >open source, not endorsed by Cisco.
>
> Ah, yeah, sorry about that. I meant VNC. I have to use vpnc a lot with
> our VPNs and I get that swapped around on occasion. I'm getting old! :-/
I hear ya, bro! right there with ya!
>
> > I've used it a LOT in days past,
> >before everybody seemingly standardized on Cisco's SSL client instead.
> >VPNC is intresting in that it runs entirely in userspace, so bugs
> >should be less prone to evilness.
>
> I haven't had a lot of problems with vpnc with our Cisco ASA5520s. The
> only gripe I have is that the vpnc client will just stop sending
> data...generally about 24 hours after it's been started. You have to
> kill it and restart it. Gets annoying sometimes. I just have to log out
> of my various IM clients and kill my vpnc processes before I leave the
> office each night to keep from being bitten by that one. Ah well.
don't think I've had that trouble, much, though I mostly used it
for short-term connections.
> Now, where's my bottle of Geritol and my Depends?.........
:)
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