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This question isn't necessarily Solaris related but since I want to use a Sparc server as a desktop I'm asking in this forum.
I have had mixed success with x forwarding over SSH. Is there any reasonable way aside from getting a graphics card for my server box (which I may end up doing) to use a server as a desktop? I have a few desktop systems I could use, I want to be able to somehow use them as a thin client I guess and have my X session running on a PC with the server serving. Anybody have any ideas?
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NoMachine NX http://www.nomachine.com/ Unfortunately you have to pay for the server which doesn't run on BSDs. I am not sure about Solaris. Clients are open source and I used on OpenBSD. Another one is proprietary http://www.ericom.com/ericom_blaze.asp which is RDP on steroids. You can not run it on BSDs. It is really good for streaming media. Finally, you can always try VNC. It is open source and you can tunnel through SSH. It is definitely more efficient than tunneling X. |
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If you're on a private LAN, there really isn't any need to tunnel X.. the protocol itself is network aware, many display managers support XDMCP.
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Ah, can you say more about that? I'm not a UNIX or PC guy so I'm not familiar with how all this works.
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Thanks Phoenix. I didn't plan to buy any software for this because if I have to pay money I'll buy a video card and go direct to the box. I didn't know about the free NX clients, thanks for telling me.
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Thanks Oko. I found free downloads of Nomachine NX server for Solaris and Linux and Windows Clients. They let you use the server free up to 2 clients at a time. That's enough for me. I will update the thread when I try this stuff. Cheers.
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