[CentOS] Systemd Adding Its Own Console To Linux Systems

[Les Mikesell]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Valeri Galtsev
<galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Being able to grab your existing desktop remotely with all open
>> windows and long-running programs intact is a big plus, though - and
>> you get that for free with NX or x2go.  Can you connect remotely to
>> your VM host some other way if you aren't at the special desktop?
>>
>
> How much different is that from VNC? Just curious.

VNC just does a basic bit-copy of the screen for the remote side so it
is not particularly efficient, although it might be better if you are
mirroring a real console instead of running a virtual session set up
by vncserver.   NX/x2go have a full proxy/stub X server and client at
both ends with tunable caching/compressiion on the remote side.so
things like font rendering and block moves for scrolling are much
faster.  X2go also can map audio/drives/printers if you want.

Both are packaged and fairly easy to try on CentOS 6.   On 7, only
x2go is available and it has a problem with the 3d requirement of
Gnome3 so you have to use KDE or install MATE from EPEL.

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com