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Feb 15 2016
Love0

Accessing Raspberry Pi via XDMCP

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This article will discuss how to access Raspberry Pi via XDMCP and Xmanager without a peripheral monitor. The main benefit of accessing Raspberry Pi with Xmanager is increase in performance. Raspberry’s built in GPU is not ideal for heavier projects and since Xmanager uses your PC’s GPU, you may see increase in speeds taking into account a sufficient network condition. First, you’ll need to download a few things before we get started. Operating System. This instructional article will use the Raspian Jessie…

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May 27 2015
Love6

Connecting to CentOS 7

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Using Xmanager to connect to remote CentOS 7 via XDMCP Gnome in CentOS 7 tries to use local hardware acceleration and this becomes a problem when trying to connect remotely using XDMCP. To avoid this problem, you have to use an alternative display manager (other than ‘gdm’) and desktop environment. This guide explains how you can change the display manager to lightdm from gdm and desktop environment from Gnome to Xfce. Switching display manager from gdm to lightdm Add a…

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May 27 2015
Love1

How to Secure your XDMCP Connection

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Let’s say you’re given the task of setting up a bunch of thin clients connecting to a Linux server for non tech-savvy users. These users just need access to the Gnome environment, email, web browsing, etc. You need something easy, reliable, and most of all secure. Unless you’re on a wired network that you 100% trust, you probably shouldn’t use XDMCP as your traffic is not encrypted. Plus, XDMCP requires setting up port forwarding or opening ports. But there is…

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