On Thu, 2021-06-03 at 07:14 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Jim Popovitch wrote: > > On June 2, 2021 11:06:29 PM UTC, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > > Jim Popovitch wrote: > > > > I need a FOSS remote desktop solution for around 10 users, back to a > > > > central server. The client connections will be broadband over OpenVPN > > > > with an avg latency of 45ms (WFH). > > > > > > > > > > I'm going to assume you have a reasonably powerful Debian server > > > as the host for these 10 remote desktops. > > > > > > What can you tell us about the client machines? > > > > > > Also, are you locked into OpenVPN for some reason? > > > > > > -dsr- > > > > > > > Clients are the mostly Ubuntu, Debian, but 2 are Win10. Server is a beefy > > Debian VDS, this is shared dev environment. I thougt about using SSH > > tunnels, what other options are there? > > You could, should, consider Wireguard. > > - It's faster (less overhead) than OpenVPN > - Config requirements are similar to SSH, rather than OpenVPN > - Easier to add/drop clients than OpenVPN > - Available for all the OSs you mention, and will be in-kernel > in the next major revisions > > You can use any of the remote desktop protocols over the > pseudo-ethernet interface that Wireguard creates. X11, VNC, > Spice, RDP... > > xserver-xspice might be the right choice here. Debian and Ubuntu > have virt-viewer clients for spice, Windows and other OS have > clients here: https://www.spice-space.org/download.html
Thanks for that Dan, that experienced feedback is exactly what I was looking for. -Jim P.
