X2GO

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 there 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

Instructions for other distributions can be found in the x2go-Wiki: http://wiki.x2go.org/installation.

Setup

The setup is very simple. Basically you need the hostname th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de and your Login name and Password.

If you use ssh-keys for login without passwords you have to check try auto login or provide the path to your private RSA/DSA key if if it is not located in standard directory (.ssh in Linux).