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 Message 8165 
 Dennis Katsonis to Karel Kral 
 Re: Linux RDP 
 08 Jun 25 10:27:53 
 
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  Re: Re: Linux RDP
  By: Karel Kral to Dan Clough on Sat Jun 07 2025 09:13 am

 > Hello Dan!
 > 
 > 06 Jun 25 19:50, you wrote to All:
 > 
 >  DC> Looking for some suggestions on what works well for RDP/VNC
 >  DC> connections between two Linux boxes, both running GUI (X).  Not
 >  DC> interested in anything for Windows, just Linux-to-Linux.
 > 
 >  DC> What's your favorite?  Thanks for ideas.
 > 
 > "both running X" - for that I am using X forwarding via ssh.
 > 
 > Karel

Thats what I do, if required.  Either ssh with X forwarding, or telnet with X
forwarding, or in some cases, using XNest to get a full login session.

But X is slow as a protocol, and really only feasible with a network
connection.  RDP works better over the internet.
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