X2Go: Free/Libre/OpenSource Remote Desktop and Remote Application Services for...
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X2Go provides GPL remote desktop and remote-application access to Linux running on POWER, claiming much higher responsiveness than VNC and parity with modern RDP; demo runs on POWER9 across ~9,300 km and works live. Server side is Linux-only; clients exist for Windows, macOS, Linux and Raspberry Pi. Features include bi‑directional audio, local printing and media, an optional session broker implemented as a 70-line session broker script for single‑box scaling, and typical bandwidth needs of ~2 Mbps (idle as low as 64 kb/s).
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:25Americas summits
- 2:58Apologies
- 3:37Overview
- 6:00Features
- 6:52Session Broker
- 8:06Advantages
- 13:39X2Go Client
- 15:15X2Go Thin Client
- 21:48Recap
- 22:36Questions
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