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Remote desktop control for ubuntu

I would like to control my ubuntu desktop from the Transformer. Does anyone use RDP or some other service like logmein with ubuntu with an android client?
I've tried Teamviewer, which is great, but the free version disconnects after 5 min.
-J

Have you tried a VNC client? Ubuntu has a VNC server build in (called probably Remote Desktop - you can find and configure it in preferences).

I wish splashtop would put out a Linux client. I'd install unity and use splashtop. That'd be fantastic.

Zach Alt said:
I wish splashtop would put out a Linux client. I'd install unity and use splashtop. That'd be fantastic.
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I have it installed through WINE but doubt it will work. I installed it for test but didn't have time to really check if it works (or to uninstall even though it starts every time I use WINE and adds an icon to window tray and pisses me off).
I added a request too, but no one probably read it there: http://support-remote.splashtop.com/entries/20010287-ubuntu-version-of-streamer

Have you tried android-vnc-viewer?

PocketCloud works well and there is no time limit. The free version only allows you to add one server though. You need to enable the built in remote sharing in Ubuntu.

tineras said:
PocketCloud works well and there is no time limit. The free version only allows you to add one server though. You need to enable the built in remote sharing in Ubuntu.
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I use PocketCloud a lot...it works very well.

so i installed xrdp for ubuntu, and can connect with pocketcloud, verified by login sounds, but the screen is blank. no icons or anything. seen mention of this, but havent found a solution. any thoughts?

tineras said:
PocketCloud works well and there is no time limit. The free version only allows you to add one server though. You need to enable the built in remote sharing in Ubuntu.
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sgbdeals said:
I use PocketCloud a lot...it works very well.
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I use PocketCloud on my phone without issue, but I cannot use it effectively from the Eee Pad with VNC servers. RDP works fine but VNC doesn't allow me to select the keyboard ever and the mouse pointer is always about a cm to the left of the touch pointer. Been very annoying; since it's a rather expensive app I will surely be pursuing support from Wyse.

did you try holding down the touch pointer thing? I think its designed such that you can still see the pointer when you move via dragging the circle around. Holding down the circle should bring up the menu where you can select the keyboard

Best Remote PC app

Hi peoples. I am in seach of the best remote pc app. I have currently tried:
Phonemypc: Which is currently my favorite remote pc app. Navigation is easy and it has a mouse function where you can slide your finger and see the mouse move. Frame rate isnt that great but it has the function to tap into the PC/Laptops camera and view from your mobile device, you can also tap into the mic and listen.
Splashtop HD: I also tried splashtop hd which is very laggy even on fast wifi. The image is alot more crisp, but its just very dificult to use. They claim 30+ fps but I couldnt get it to work that smoothly.
what is everyone else using to control their pcs?
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I've used splashtop with very little lag on good WiFi, and even decently on 3G. What's the upload speed on the wifi you are using your PC in?

PhoneMyPC does the job for my needs.

PhonemyPC on my phone, Teamviewer on my tablet.

Remote VNC

I am recommending Teamviewer.
HTML:
http://www.teamviewer.com
Of course on market is version for ANDROID.

I personally connect via VPN and then use the "2X" app to RDP to other servers.... With an external mouse, this combination works perfectly - just like you are sitting in front of a windows box. I use this mainly for support (I'm a unix admin by trade). Now, I never even need to open my laptop for after-hours support! By the time my laptop boots, I could have already got in and fixed the issue from my Transformer!

Wyse pocketcloud is absolutely amazing. I've been using it on my phone and tab for a long time now and never wanted to switch. Also free

Best I have used is Splashtop. I've used VNC, RAdmin, RDP, and X forwarding on various platforms and distances over the years and Splashtop has been the least laggy for me. I've been using the client included with my TF.
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Spashtop is nice, but the problem is that you need to install a client on the remote PC.... RDP is nice becuase it's automatically available on all windows systems... If you are only connecting to one PC, I guess that's not a big deal, but for professional use, it's just too much of a pain (and security issue) to install a spashtop client on a bunch of PC's....

I use the Xtralogic RDP client. It's an amazing RDP app that does absolutely everything. I've tried dozens of different RDP apps and Xtralogic beats everything I've tried hands-down. It's a steep price on the market, but I found it for next-to-nothing on a third party app site.

jtrosky said:
Spashtop is nice, but the problem is that you need to install a client on the remote PC.... RDP is nice becuase it's automatically available on all windows systems... If you are only connecting to one PC, I guess that's not a big deal, but for professional use, it's just too much of a pain (and security issue) to install a spashtop client on a bunch of PC's....
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One of many reasons I use SSH unless I have to interact with a GUI.
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Spidey01 said:
One of many reasons I use SSH unless I have to interact with a GUI.
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Absolutely - I too use SSH for chararacter-based systems... But for Windows, the X2 app (which is free) is an excellent RDP app....

I use VMWare View. It requires you to have two windows server 2008 installations to do so(one as domain controller, and one in the domain).

chatch15117 said:
I use VMWare View. It requires you to have two windows server 2008 installations to do so(one as domain controller, and one in the domain).
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What are the advantages of VMWare VIew - I've head of it, but don't know much about it - does it only work with VMWare, I'm assuming?
Thanks.

I create an SSH tunnel then connect using Xtralogic.

2x and PocketCloud Remote Desktop using VPN
I´m using 2X or PocketCloud Remote, which are working both flawlessly to connect to my Win 7 Desktop (when FW is disabled, eventhough exception for TCP 3389 is konfigured), using WLAN.
I´d like to use the apps, when i´m home by VPN (like jtrosky) but in this case, traffic from PocketCloud isn´t even arriving at my ethernet port, whereas traffic from 2X does, but the connection doesn´t establish.
Tracing on the Ethernetport on my PC with Wireshark, i see a TCP SYN-packet comming in from my Transformer, followed by a TCP connection reset-packet (RST ACK) from my PC, where there sould be SYN ACK-Packet. So the TCP 3-way-handshake doesn´t work out.
FW and other security stuff is disabled. Access to my NAS is no problem, so VPN should be the root of evil.
Anybody any ideas?
pcap-dumps attached.
THANKS!

For what it's worth, I'm going to change my RDP-app recommendation from 2X to Jump Desktop... I didn't think you could get any better than 2X (it is a great app), but Jump Desktop is even better! I *love* the fact that I can basically RDP to my remote server without even connecting to my VPN at all! It allows you to connect via the internet - as long as you load a "helper" app on the PC(s) that you want to connect to.
Works GREAT - it is now my go to app for remote connectivity!
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Thank you for your "real-time"-reply
It allows you to connect via the internet - as long as you load a "helper" app on the PC(s) that you want to connect to.
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That means, that you open a port on your router / FW, like using DYNDNS, right?
I like the idea, VPNing home and connecting to my PC from inside my LAN, - just feels more secure.
Greetings

lj1977 said:
Thank you for your "real-time"-reply
That means, that you open a port on your router / FW, like using DYNDNS, right?
I like the idea, VPNing home and connecting to my PC from inside my LAN, - just feels more secure.
Greetings
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Actually, that's the nice part - with Jump Desktop, you don't need to worry about any of that stuff - you just log in to your Google account (from inside the PC helper app) and then everything is automatic! No need to mess with port forwarding, DynDNS or anything like that - it's all automatic...
They have a free version - give it a shot - I think you'll like it!
Of course, you can always still connect to your VPN and use Jump Desktop to connect "directly" to your PC if you want to go that route. But, the option to be able to connect without VPN is a nice-to-have in case VPN access is down or something like that....
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[Q] Is Splashtop HD fully functional?

Hey,
I am considering to buy myself the transformer with the dock and I was wondering, if it would then work as a "real" netbook if I use it in connection with Splashtop? Therefore I have some questions:
* Will all kinds of software (Microsoft Office, Eclipse IDE, etc.) work?
* Are the keyboard and the touchpad fully compatible? Or will I have to use some kind of virtual keyboard although the dock is plugged in?
* How will this affect the battery life?
* Will there be any interferences with surfing the web?
Thank You very much so far!

I had the same thought but I just went and did it.
Even though the asus transformer has an app that is a clone of Microsoft office (Polaris Office) Microsoft office will work.
The keyboard works fine with me. All that the keyboard does is replace the onscreen one, so it has to work.
It will have the same battery life as you would normally have while Wifi is turned on.
I personally noticed that it was a little laggy, but I have really bad internet.
Good luck sir

Thanks for the reply!
mikeydubbs said:
The keyboard works fine with me. All that the keyboard does is replace the onscreen one, so it has to work.
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What's about the touchpad? Does is also work completely right? It think I read somewhere that using the right-click button causes Splashtop to terminate?
mikeydubbs said:
I personally noticed that it was a little laggy, but I have really bad internet.
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How fast is/was your internet connection? How fast should it be?
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I really think that Asus TF together with its Dock are a great team, but I am afraid that it won't fulfill my expectations. Of course, I could buy me a netbook, but I also would like to have the ability to play around with a touch-screen
So honestly, how long have you had the TF (and how long have you used Splashtop) and do you think it is a "good" combination of a netbook and a tablet?

Right click will quit splashtop (it is back) but holding down left simulates right click. On my lan splashtop is almost like running windows locally. Over the net it is as good for most things as any other remote solution but somehow manages to stream video better than any others.

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* Will all kinds of software (Microsoft Office, Eclipse IDE, etc.) work?
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I have to ask this question, but you are aware that Splashtop is a remote desktop solution, and that in order for it to work you must have a PC or a Mac running somewhere on your network (or accessible from the internet), and it is this machine that actually runs your software?
The reason I ask is because you're asking if specific software works with Splashtop - in essence, the software on your "server" machine is immaterial to Splashtop because Splashtop is just a remote desktop.
Regards,
Dave

Hey Dave!
I fully understand that the software has to run on a normal OS and the "output" will be streamed to the TF. The thing is though, I am not sure if the 10 inch display can resize the images so far, that the software can be used productively.
So my question is how good can the display handle "intensive" applications which have a lot of screen elements. Is the small display able to scale it down properly?

When you run splashtop from the transformer, it automatically changes the screen resolution on the host computer to a size that will fit on the transformer screen perfectly (At least in my experience). Once you disconnect your computers screen resolution goes back to what it was set as.
You can choose the following screen resolutions:
800x600
1024x768
1280x720
Best fit to transformer
Native resolution(whatever you currently have set on your windows or mac comptuer)

In practice your primary concern should be the tablet -> mouse situation and having enough bandwidth for what you're doing.
The regular version that is bundled will also tend to disconnect when you go back or to another application, I assume so does the HD.
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One other thing to note is that when you are using the trackpad on the dock, you get the android mouse plus you get the mouse on the computers desktop. The mouse of the computers desktop follows the android mouse around, with a little bit of lag (if you aren't on the same network).
As mentioned above, the right click button on the dock still does act as the back button, exiting the application. Tapping and holding is the way to make a right-click action happen on the host computer.

If standard RDP is an option (if you have a VPN or something), the 2X RDP app works wonderfully with the transformer keyboard dock and trackpad. It actually allows you to use the right-click liek you normally would - it's JUST like sitting in front of a PC....
Like I said though, this is just plain RDP - will not work via the internet without a VPN.... ALso, not good for things like video, etc.....

[Q] Use physical keoyboard/touchpad to control pc

Hi. I'm planning on getting a transformer, but I'm interested in the following feature:
Is it possible to control your pc:s mouse and keyboard with the touchpad/keyboard of the dockingstation? I know there are several apps that turn your screen into a touchpad for the pc and sends on screen keyboard text to your pc. But I want to be able to use the docking station just as if it was an external keyboard.
Perhaps even the included splashtop app can do this?

I think most remote desktop apps do this, but splashtop does it for sure.
Just remember there is no right-click in Android, even if you use a normal mouse. You have to long-click to 'fake' a right click.

Remote desktop isn't quite what I'm looking for though. I want to see and control my coputer hooked up to my big screen tv and with remote desktop you're logged of and can't see the big screen.
I tried splashtop laptop to pc, but didn't really like it. Sloppy and there was a trail of the mouse pointer making it harder to aim. Better than nothing though.
What I'm looking for is really just a kvm switch without the video. Synergy does this perfectly on a pc. It even shares your clipboard between computers, another thing I really want to see on Android.

mcznarf said:
Remote desktop isn't quite what I'm looking for though. I want to see and control my coputer hooked up to my big screen tv and with remote desktop you're logged of and can't see the big screen.
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Wrong. Thats only when you use windows sad excuse for remote desktop. Any REAL RD does not log out the server, unless you set it up to do that.
mcznarf said:
I tried splashtop laptop to pc, but didn't really like it. Sloppy and there was a trail of the mouse pointer making it harder to aim. Better than nothing though.
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Weird, I dont have it. Sounds like either your PC or network is very slow.
But there are better remote desktops for PC<->PC than splashtop.
mcznarf said:
What I'm looking for is really just a kvm switch without the video. Synergy does this perfectly on a pc. It even shares your clipboard between computers, another thing I really want to see on Android.
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That severely cripples your options. Theres not a high demand for such a thing since the TF's are like the only tablets with real keyboard and mouse.
There are plenty of apps that give you remote keyboard control and can turn the tablet to a touchpad to control the PC, but I doubt that works with a real mouse.

[Q] Remote Desktop App for N8013

Is there anyone that has an N8013 that actually is using a RDP app; more specifically, SplashTop Remote Desktop HD or it's non HD (cheaper) version.

Try Pocketcloud Pro
Stoney60 said:
Is there anyone that has an N8013 that actually is using a RDP app; more specifically, SplashTop Remote Desktop HD or it's non HD (cheaper) version.
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I have been using PocketCloud Pro. Similar to SplashTop. I do not recall the cost of it, however it has been working well for me. Prior to getting the SGN10.1 Wifi, I was using my Droid Razr Maxx in conjunction with the Motorola Lapdock 500 Pro. It has worked great there, as well. I take that with me when I do field audit work because it gives me a larger screen.
I would avoid using things such as LogMeIn (Ignition on the device side). Although I have it, I find it to be lousy with respect to screen resolution. Both SplashTop and PocketCloud seem to provide a more realistic terminal mode reproduction of the screen.
I just recently loaded SplashTop and haven't used it that much yet. The issue that I have with PocketCloud is that I do not believe there is a way to have access to more than one monitor. Ironically, that is not an issue with LogMeIn.
I hope this helps.

I've used both Logmein and VNC. I've found that more often as not, I go to VNC (free version).

i use TeamViewer for Remote Control, free on the app store.

I use Pocket Cloud when I am away from home and SplashTop when at home. I like SplashTop HD better but I already paid for Pocket Cloud ages ago. Pocket Cloud is a pay once and you're good to go. Last time I looked at SplashTop it was a subscription and I don't want a subscription service. Its free when your on your own network and I believe is easier to use.
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I use jump desktop. It's the easiest and most functional one I have found. Plus it's free. I bought paid version to support development though.
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I have both vnc and splashtop. I personally like the feel of the mouse control of vnc vs splashtop. Splashtop has two modes of mouse control, one of them like that of vnc but not as good. Vnc has a better look and feel, atleast for me.
Sent from my GT-N8013 using Tapatalk 2

Jump desktop has SPen support. It is the best. It also can tunnel vnc and had great RDP support. :thumbup:

VNC
skeeterpro said:
I've used both Logmein and VNC. I've found that more often as not, I go to VNC (free version).
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I have installed VNC to give it a try. Had to configure the firewall and router to accept the port and now I am past that step.
I have two questions so far. The first has to do with my laptop/server. I have the laptop running with an extra monitor. When I connect to the computer through SGN10.1, it is showing me both monitors, side by side, and quite small. How to I adjust that so that only one shows up at a time, but allows me to go back and forth.
Duh, just occurred to me that I can probably use the pinch/zoom process.
Second q. Is there any way to get a better address to the router when working remotely?
Of course, once I figure this out, I will also now have to give the Jump a try!
Thanks

bookbean said:
I have installed VNC to give it a try. Had to configure the firewall and router to accept the port and now I am past that step.
I have two questions so far. The first has to do with my laptop/server. I have the laptop running with an extra monitor. When I connect to the computer through SGN10.1, it is showing me both monitors, side by side, and quite small. How to I adjust that so that only one shows up at a time, but allows me to go back and forth.
Duh, just occurred to me that I can probably use the pinch/zoom process.
Second q. Is there any way to get a better address to the router when working remotely?
Of course, once I figure this out, I will also now have to give the Jump a try!
Thanks
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I use Splashtop Whiteboard. It's the same thing but with some annotation features added to it. Pretty slick to remote control a PC for a presentation. You can still use the old apps with the new desktop server software, there is just some additional configuration needed. This allows you to still use the model where you pay once for the app instead of ongoing subscription fees.
Regarding getting your router address working. There are a few companies that can update your dynamic IP address to a hostname. DynDNS used to do it for free. I think another one is no-ip.com that still has a free service.
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mdalacu said:
Jump desktop has SPen support. It is the best. It also can tunnel vnc and had great RDP support. :thumbup:
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Curious, what do you mean by "SPen support." I think every app allows the SPen to work like you are touching the screen (at least Splashtop Whiteboard does) but does this mean it has full support for the Spen as in touch sensitivity too?

I have a problem about pocketcloud with s-pen.
On remote desktop with pocketcloud When I approach s-pen to the screen a letter of "b" is typed. As much as I approach and pull back it types a new one.
(if word is open in word, if explorer is open in explorer. Which program is open.)
Anyone having the same issue?