[ale] [ALE] Alternatives to Citrix for Linux VDA

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I have been using screen to share my terminal screen. The possibility of
screen is growing day by day. You can also have long run jobs on screen
left as it is and return later.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020, 1:48 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> There's some magic that can be done with screen and tmux to share a
> terminal session with others logged into the same machine. When I first saw
> it in around 2000, that was the final nail in the windows coffin for me.
>
> Hmm. I'm teaching a class in Advanced HPC usage soon. I may drag that into
> the class in addition to slide show (grumble, not slidy and asciidoc)
> screen share.
>
> On April 7, 2020 1:30:53 PM EDT, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Jim,
>>
>> Longtime, man.  I never left the list, just rarely post.  (Actually, I
>> rarely read it, to be honest.  I get enough email in my life now.)
>>
>> I used VNC for the first time in a long time last week.  It is
>> actually fairly useful, now.  The internet speeds have finally caught
>> up with the graphics.  It used to be so bad.
>>
>> As with everyone nowadays, I'm working from home and we desperately
>> need a desktop sharing app at work (Twitter).  We don't have one--only
>> the abilty to display your desktop remotely.  Nx is the best one I
>> ever used.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 6:23 PM Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  Hey! Didn't know you were still on the ALE list.
>>>
>>>  I'm using NX at work through Citrix/Citgo because it's what the M$ security people understand. NX is quite usable. We have another tool for remote system access called guacamole from the apache project. It uses vnc on the backend for html5 gui desktop access. Works well.
>>>
>>>  On April 6, 2020 7:20:52 PM EDT, Michael Hirsch via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  I think the NX from NoMachine has the ability to integrate with LDAP.
>>>>  NX is really good, but can be a bear to set up.
>>>>
>>>>  Michael
>>>>
>>>>  On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 8:51 AM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Guys,
>>>>>
>>>>>   We have been trying to get Citrix Linux VDA working, having issues with ldaps and certs ( seem Citrix Doesn't support ldaps ).
>>>>>
>>>>>   I was wondering if anyone knows of another Linux VDA software, an alternative to Citrix, where you can have Linux Virtual Desktop.
>>>>>
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