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Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
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Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:59:31 -0500
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On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:05 PM, ~Stack~ <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> On 02/27/2015 12:18 AM, Francesco M. Taurino wrote:
>> Install x2go server, icewm or openbox and a simple xterminal. With this
>> "stack"   your gui apps will be usable even on slow networks.
>
> Wow! Thanks for that! I haven't heard of x2go before. Reading their
> site, I am quite excited to give it a try.
>
> I used to be a big fan of NX Machine 3, but within the last couple of
> years it has gotten /crazy/ flaky on newer distros (it still works well
> with EL6 and Debian 6 Squeeze, but anything newer seems to be a
> problem). NX3 also /really/ doesn't like any desktops other than Gnome
> and KDE. I managed to get it working on LXDE once, but that wasn't easy
> and the latest LXDE update breaks NX Machine. I was a part of the early
> beta for NX Machine 4 and I provided a ton of feedback but it still is
> not ready for real use in my opinion with too many things broken. I
> support a bunch of users that use the paid-for NX Machine 4 (clients on
> Linux/Mac/Windows) for a project and it seems like every update breaks
> /something/. I can almost guarantee that when I get a call from that
> group the problem they have is NX Machine 4 related. Every single time.

It likes twm just fine. And it also likes vtwm
(https://github.com/nkadel/vtwm-5.5.x-srpm)

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