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'''X2Go''' is a client for the ] remote desktop protocol. As such, you can use it to remotely access the graphical desktop of a server or some other PC. The server package must be installed on a Linux server. Client packages can be run on Linux, Windows, or MacOS. '''X2Go''' is a client for the ] remote desktop protocol. As such, you can use it to remotely access the graphical desktop of a server or some other PC. The server package must be installed on a Linux server. Client packages can be run on Linux, Windows, or MacOS.


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*{{cite web |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/One-for-All-Terminal-Server-X2go-3.0 |title=One for All: Terminal Server X2go 3.0 |first=Tim |last=Schuermann |work=] |date=May 4, 2009 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}
*{{cite journal |url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/98/X2Go_Terminal_Server.pdf |title=Staying thin: Server based computing with the free X2Go terminal server |first1=Heinz-M. |last1=Graesing |first2=Markus |last2=Feilner |journal=] |issue=98 |date=January 2009 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}
*{{cite web |url=http://linuxfr.org/users/fravashyo/journaux/x2go-le-digne-successeur-de-freenx |title=x2go : le digne successeur de freenx |trans-title=x2go: worthy replacement for freenx |language=fr |author=fravashyo |work=LinuxFr |date=February 25, 2013 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}
*{{cite conference |url=http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2013/debconf13/high/960_X2Go_Terminal_Server_Suite_and_Debian.ogv |format=OGV |title=X2Go Terminal Server Suite and Debian |first=Mike |last=Gabriel |conferenceurl=http://debconf13.debconf.org/ |conference=Debian Conference 2013 |place=Vaumarcus, Switzerland |date=August 17, 2013 |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}


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Revision as of 19:54, 14 June 2014

Original author(s)Oleksandr Shneyder
Developer(s)Mike Gabriel
Stable release4.0.0.8 / January 3, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-01-03)
Repository
Operating systemLinux
Websitex2go.org

X2Go is a client for the NX technology remote desktop protocol. As such, you can use it to remotely access the graphical desktop of a server or some other PC. The server package must be installed on a Linux server. Client packages can be run on Linux, Windows, or MacOS.

It is open source software. The X2go project has recently been adopted by the Fedora community, and featured for Fedora version F20.

A good introduction and how-to can be found on the ArchLinux wiki.

A tutorial is at

If you use LXDE/lubuntu then this howto is useful:

Availability in OS distributions

X2Go is available in various operating systems such as

Debian, Ubuntu,

openSUSE,

Fedora,

Red Hat,

References

  1. X2go project
  2. Fedora 20 Changeset
  3. "ArchLinux HowTo".
  4. "UWaterloo tutorial".
  5. "launchpad page".
  6. "X2Go for debian".
  7. "X2Go for Ubuntu".
  8. "X2Go for openSUSE".
  9. "X2Go for Fedora".
  10. "X2Go for Red Hat".
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