[Cialug] Remote GUIs

[Jim Cole]

x2go. seriously. Try it.

sudo apt update; \

sudo apt -y upgrade; \

sudo apt -y install xfce4 xfce4-terminal firefox; \

sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common; \

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:x2go/stable; \

sudo apt-get update; \

sudo apt -y install x2goserver x2goserver-xsession; \

sudo apt -y purge xscreensaver




On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 8:53 PM Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>
wrote:

> I assume you want multiple users logged in simultaneously to a GUI
> session? How technical is the user base?
>
> What i do for that is SSH into the box and start a VNC server, then
> connect to that VNC. It all runs within my account, so does not conflict
> with anyone else. The VNC is a completely virtual desktop. I would
> expect a novice user to require a lot of handholding to get set up with
> this arrangement though.
>
>
> On 3/15/21 2:39 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> > Running into some interesting issues setting up a remote GUI in Azure, ..
> > so allow me to ask the general question:
> >
> > What is the best way to allow multiple users to login to the GUI on a
> > remote machine?
> >
> >       Thanks!
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