Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users?

From	Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users?
Date	2021-06-03 16:30 +0200
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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 <dsr@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.

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Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2021-06-02 23:50 +0200
  Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-06-03 00:00 +0200
    Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-06-03 00:20 +0200
    Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-06-03 00:30 +0200
  Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-06-03 01:10 +0200
    Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2021-06-03 02:00 +0200
      Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-06-03 04:00 +0200
        Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2021-06-03 06:10 +0200
          Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-06-03 06:20 +0200
            Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-06-03 08:30 +0200
      Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-06-03 13:20 +0200
        Re: Best remote client+server setup for ~10 users? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2021-06-03 16:30 +0200

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