[kde-linux] VNC unacceptably slow for this VNC newbie.

[Pablo Sanchez]

[ Comments below, in-line ]

On 01/28/2013 04:45 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> Hey Mark,
>>
>> Hmmm, why don't you instead RDP directly to the VM?  Oracle VirtualBox
>> supports RDP.  You could set up a tunnel to do this connection
>> securely.
>>
>
> That might work although I'm uncertain how to do that
> bi-directionally. (sp?)

I'm not sure what you mean but perhaps it's not important given what
else you've written below ...

> Also, we both run multiple VMs each end so with GoToMeeting we can
> bring multiple VMs into the meeting and then choose which one gets
> to display. That allows all the other attending VMs to see what the
> display VM has going on.

I suspect when you VNC on a LAN, it's not a big deal eh?  The problem
has to do with how much data you're sending across the wire.  With a
tricked out WM, it'll be slow.  This is why I suggested twm (and
that's what I use when accessing a remote box).

Looking at your constraint, if I were, now knowing that you want to
access multiple VM's, is you could still set up an /additional/ `twm'
Window Manager.  From here, you can (probably - as I've never done it
but it shouldn't be difficult), set up RDP connections to the local
VM's.

Now, you're set.

> Additionally, I've wanted to get to the point where the two of us,
> both using Gentoo, can display our Gentoo desktops as well as the
> VMs.

You should be able to view the desktop, albeit it might be slow.
Again, it'll depend on how much eye candy you have set up.

Driving remotely may be a different story.

> GoToMeeting also handles the audio so any attending VM can speak and
> be heard by all attendees. It's pretty cool, but it's not Linux, and
> certainly not FOSS.

These are just random ideas ... :) ... how about setting up CYGWIN/X
on a VM, running G2M.  Access your Host O/S that way ... who knows?!
Is it just crazy talk.

Cheers,
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