Hi,
I have 3 PCs with fedora.
Can I open a graphical session with KDE on PC1 from PC2? I.e. can I work on PC2 using PC1 fedora/disk/CPU... so that PC2 would just be used for visualization?
Frédéric
On Wed, 2017-07-12 at 08:46 +0200, Frédéric Bron wrote:
Hi,
I have 3 PCs with fedora.
Can I open a graphical session with KDE on PC1 from PC2? I.e. can I work on PC2 using PC1 fedora/disk/CPU... so that PC2 would just be used for visualization?
Of course. The entire basis for the X11 protocol assumes that you're doing this (it was originally designed for graphics terminals connected to servers). Nowadays it's better to use VNC, or Remote Desktop if one of the machines is on Windows.
poc
Of course. The entire basis for the X11 protocol assumes that you're doing this (it was originally designed for graphics terminals connected to servers). Nowadays it's better to use VNC, or Remote Desktop if one of the machines is on Windows.
You mean I should first connect by ssh, then start vncserver then connect with a vnc client?
On Wed, 2017-07-12 at 11:01 +0200, Frédéric Bron wrote:
Of course. The entire basis for the X11 protocol assumes that you're doing this (it was originally designed for graphics terminals connected to servers). Nowadays it's better to use VNC, or Remote Desktop if one of the machines is on Windows.
You mean I should first connect by ssh, then start vncserver then connect with a vnc client?
That's one way. Alternatively you can also just log in directly to the server machine if you have physical access. In either case it's recommended to run the VNC session over SSH. Note that VNC provides a complete parallel X11 server so you can run a full desktop session in it. Here's a useful guide:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/attarchive/vnc/sshvnc.html
poc
On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:46:15 +0200 Frédéric Bron wrote:
Hi,
I have 3 PCs with fedora.
Can I open a graphical session with KDE on PC1 from PC2? I.e. can I work on PC2 using PC1 fedora/disk/CPU... so that PC2 would just be used for visualization?
I use freenx over a ssh connection to work from home with an NX desktop essentially bringing my work desktop to my home. Works remarkably well, but I've never tried it with KDE, I always use a custom FVWM window manager to keep bandwidth hogging fancy eye candy to a minimum.