<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">So far this list has covered every free method I've tried so far, so i'll offer up the solution I'm using now, though it has a few caveats.<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">tldr: vmware horizon (view) virtual desktop infrastructure. It's non-free, takes a lot of hardware, but offers domain authenticated, responsive gui connections to Ubuntu(14.04, 16.04), and windows desktops. <br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">The cost for home lab use:<br></div>
<div dir="auto">a vmug advantage subscription (about 200 usd a year.) this gets you a year's worth of all the VMware products needed.<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Plus a windows server 2008 R2 vm for the connection server<br><br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">Compute overhead:<br></div>
<div dir="auto">A vmware esxi virtualization host,<br></div>
<div dir="auto">a samba or active directory domain controller, vcenter, and a windows server for running the connection server.<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">About 18gb of ram for the above (a used server is a good idea)<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">By accessing the connection server with a free downloaded client from vmware, a thin client*, raspberry pi, or by browser (tested firefox, chrome) you get usb pass through, dynamic window resizing, clipboard, capable of streaming a youtube video or netflix on the same lan, and reasonable latency over the internet. <br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">*A note on thin clients. For linux vm support, only the newer vmware blast protocol is supported. (My selection of fleamarket thin clients only support pcoip, so I'm stuck with a windows vm for my tv, thin client desktops)<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">~Peter<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote" >On Jun 24, 2017, at 10:02 PM, "Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account)" <<a href="mailto:aklists@mixdown.ca" target="_blank">aklists@mixdown.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Jun 24, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb@2bits.com> wrote:<br> <br> I tried ssh -Y because it is the simplest path, with no extra software<br> nor configuration on either side.<br> <br> It works, but it is painfully slow, with a huge lag. Both sides are on<br> the same WiFi network.<br> <br> Still exploring alternatives ...<br></blockquote><br>The best solution I’ve found so far is still NoMachine NX. It’s not as good as the old stuff, but it’s multiplatform and snappy. Neat features it *does* have that the old stuff doesn’t is device extrusion (such as USB devices) and remote multimedia support.<br><br>-A.<br><br><br><hr><br>kwlug-disc mailing list<br>kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<br><a href="http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org">http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>