[TriLUG] rdesktop any good?

[Tim Jowers]

Hi,

  I wonder if anyone has any experience connecting 5 or more clients to the
same server? I think VNC performance falters above that and NX claims to
have better performance. Has anyone done this for these setups where the
graphics are generated on the server and run on the client computer?

Thanks,
Tim


On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Israel J. Pattison <pattison at usa.com>
wrote:

> Have you considered NX from No Machine? (http://www.nomachine.com).  Their
> product is really cross platform.  It connects to VNC, RDP and X Server
> and
> the client runs on Win, Linux, and Mac.  Their NX protocol is their claim
> to
> fame, and they're redeploying rdesktop under the covers using that
> protocol.  I've been using NX for years to connect to XP and Windows
> server
> boxes.
>
> Israel
>
> On 3/19/08, Christopher L Merrill <chris at webperformance.com> wrote:
> >
> > Michael Kimsal wrote:
> > > FWIW, deciding to go 'linux' doesn't have to be an all or nothing
> > option.
> > > XP works fine in vmware sessions on my laptop, and gets me around the
> > odd
> > > corners when I've needed to run something Windows-only.  Just some
> extra
> > > food for thought as it sounds like Windows compatibility is still a
> need
> > in
> > > your day to day life.
> >
> >
> > Oh, yes...VMware will absolutely have to be part of the equation. Our
> > product is partially cross-platform but 97% (or more) of our users are
> > on Windows, so I would probably have an XP VM running most of the time.
> > Fortunately, my most frequently used apps are all cross-platform and
> > I've been moving in that direction for years.  Of course, if part of
> > my motivation is to stop rewarding MS with my $$$ for Windows, this
> > doesn't really help...since I'd still need to buy a Windows license.
> > To make it worse, I'd have to pay even more since it wouldn't be a
> > discounted OEM license :(
> >
> > I can dream, though.
> >
> >
> >
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