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Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?

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Re: Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?

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Post by nonane »

ddon wrote: post #24

Started using Jump Desktop[1], works pretty good. Windows client is free, the rest of clients you have to pay for, but this is one time fee, which is much better than TeamViewer and others. Another option is to use built-in windows and mac desktop sharing options, but you need to run somewhere in the cloud a VPS for $2-3 a month for reverse SSH tunnel, and then you can connect to your machines from anywhere. [1]: htt…

Hi,

I work on Jump Desktop. Glad you're using it. If you have any questions / suggestions - please let me know.

Re: Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?

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Post by lostmsu »

matt_the_bass wrote: post #34
mahmoudimus wrote: post #28

I tried a ton of solutions, but the one that worked the best for me: Client: MacOSX with Microsoft Remote Desktop Server: Google Cloud Ubuntu w/ XRDP I use my mac book to microsoft remote desktop into my server with Xrdp and I use ratpoison as my wm. I can code in intellij quite well! Hope this helps

Are you saying that windows Remote Desktop client can be used with non-windows server? If so does the other way work too?

Correct, it works either way.

Re: Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?

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Post by matt_the_bass »

lostmsu wrote: post #52
matt_the_bass wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you saying that windows Remote Desktop client can be used with non-windows server? If so does the other way work too?

Correct, it works either way.

Wow! TIL. Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?

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Post by anotherevan »

ChopSticksPlz wrote: post #7

In case of Linux, the best results so far I had with X2Go using the virtual desktop mode. More about it here: https://cepa.io/2018/08/05/building-an-ultimate-remote-linux... For Win & Lin, NoMachine works reasonably okeyish if your link is fast enough to stream in high quality.

I use a RaspberryPi running X2Go as a proxy to access work machines from home. It'll talk RDP or VNC at the remote end to the target desktops, but then X2Go's protocol over the Internet back to me.

I don't know if you'd get the kind of throughput the OP is after, but it works well for my needs.

Re: Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?

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Post by tossaway44 »

I use Remote Desktop to work on my Windows machines from my Mac on a daily basis. Although the official client works fine, I prefer to use Jump Desktop due to its built-in SSH tunneling, and switch between my Surface (which sits underneath my secondary display) and machines on Azure with touchpad swipes.

RDP works fine at 5K+4K resolution (my iMac has a secondary display) and everything from Windows is rendered in HIDPI. I do however have the remote connections set at 16 bit for a little less latency (and the content on servers is less interesting anyway).

This works well enough for me to do everything (development, office work, etc.), and also Skype calls (with the audio left on the remote device - again, my Surface is sitting on my desk, and it has killer microphones and speakers).

Re: Ask HN: Are any remote desktop solutions good enough for full-time use?

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Post by bochoh »

walterbell wrote: post #30
bochoh wrote: post #17

If you're able to spin up an Apache Guacamole server I highly recommend it. It has completely changed how I think about remote access to my home network. https://guacamole.apache.org

Does the HTML5 client work well on iOS Safari, e.g. iPad Pro? How well do video and desktop 3D animations (e.g. Aero, Office widgets) work?

Sorry for the slow response. I've used it only on Safari on my mid-2015 Macbook Pro 15" and it works well. Video is a little choppy but I blame that on my abysmal 10mbps upload speed on the host network. Desktop animations seem to work fine as well.
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