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Remote desktop vs. remote displayRemote desktop vs. remote displayPosted Feb 15, 2013 10:26 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: Remote desktop vs. remote display by madscientist Parent article: LCA: The ways of Wayland
For the remote desktop fans, I do wonder how you manage it? My display at work is 3840x1080, and I have 8 workspaces of that size. My display at home is 1680x1050. My display on my laptop is 1280x960. How in the world does anyone get anything done trying to use a 3840x1080 remote desktop on these smaller displays? Why do you think I would use 3840x1080 remote desktop? When you connect to remote desktop in Windows it can be resized to match your needs (yet-another-thing-which-oh-so-perfect-X-can't-do without a lot of tweaking). Windows will be rearranged, sure, but that's better then chase around all these huge windows on my small screen. How do you manage switching workspaces inside the remote desktop, vs. switching workspaces on your local desktop? If you make your remote desktop "full screen" then everything is sent to the remote system (except for one tunable sequence which makes it windowed). This means that I can easily switch between mode where all my shortcuts are used by remote system and another one where I must be careful because most of them are used for local system. It's not perfect arrangement, but works fine for most needs.
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Remote desktop vs. remote display Posted Feb 16, 2013 0:21 UTC (Sat) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
> When you connect to remote desktop in Windows it can be resized to match your needs
you are contradicting yourself
either you get a view of the existing desktop (which is a large size with windows spread out over the large space)
or you get a new desktop of whatever size you want and you open apps in the new desktop
My experience with RDP and Citrix is the second, but you have been claiming the first.
Remote desktop vs. remote display Posted Feb 16, 2013 0:32 UTC (Sat) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]
That's not a contradiction at all, it's not either/or, to claim such indicates a lack of familiarity with the subject. When connecting to an existing session the screen resizes to whatever resolution you specify when you connect, just like if you changed resolution and hot unplugged any secondary displays. When you takeover the session logged into the console that way the console switches to the login screen. You can take the session over by logging in on the console.
Remote desktop vs. remote display Posted Feb 16, 2013 2:17 UTC (Sat) by Serge (guest, #84957) [Link]
> When you connect to remote desktop in Windows it can be resized to match your needs (yet-another-thing-which-oh-so-perfect-X-can't-do without a lot of tweaking).
Of course X can do that easily: xrandr to the rescue. X just does not force you to a single solution. For example I prefer do not resize remote desktop, instead I allow vnc viewer to scale it locally, so I get a small view of remote desktop in a window.
X is a great thing, it allows you to do everything you want. :)
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