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X2GO provides full remote access to your Linux desktop at the ITP. There are clients for Linux, Windows and MacOS.
 
X2GO provides full remote access to your Linux desktop at the ITP. There are clients for Linux, Windows and MacOS.
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= Installing the client =
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== Windows / MacOS ==
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Navigate to the X2GO [http://www.x2go.org/index.php?id=7 download page], download and install the program on your computer.
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Using Windows 7 the system may ask if the program is correctly install. Just say yes.
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== Ubuntu Linux ==
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X2GO is not yet part of the distribution, but the is a PPA repository which provides installable packages. Enter the following command in the shell.
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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:x2go/stable
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$ sudo aptitude update
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$ sudo aptitude install x2goclient

Revision as of 09:44, 7 June 2011

X2GO provides full remote access to your Linux desktop at the ITP. There are clients for Linux, Windows and MacOS.

Installing the client

Windows / MacOS

Navigate to the X2GO download page, download and install the program on your computer.

Using Windows 7 the system may ask if the program is correctly install. Just say yes.

Ubuntu Linux

X2GO is not yet part of the distribution, but the is a PPA repository which provides installable packages. Enter the following command in the shell.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:x2go/stable
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude install x2goclient