[lug] anybody with non X-forwarding non-VNC remote graphical experience?

[John Hernandez]

> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Davide Del Vento
> <davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I just know some names: NX, SPICE, ICA...
>> I do X-forwarding daily and VNC occasionally (both on the "user" side,
>> tempted to say "client" but for X is "server" - I advice and push
>> sysadmin on behalf of users).
>> For the future, we are considering either using more VNC, or trying
>> something new, such as the ones mentioned above (or other).
>

I use the x11vnc server, typically over ssh transport.  It's
distro-bundled and tends to survive upgrades without fuss.  And it
seems to work well with a variety of popular cross-platform VNC
clients like TightVNC.  With some of the more advanced negotiable
compression schemes, performance is quite good (assuming a half-decent
broadband connection).  I really like that it will connect to a
running local session, so I can just leave stuff on my work screen and
pick up where I left off.