If you want multiple concurrent sessions on a Windows system, it's either RDP or ICA for you. On Linux systems, xnvc can deal with the multiple concurrent users problem(it presents a standard x11 screen and peripherals, unrelated to any physical monitors that may or may not be present, to the VNC client, and you can have multiple xvnc instances running concurrently but that's not a happening thing on Windows). Also, unless you go with a specific vendor's non-standard(and generally non free) implementation, authentication and security are.very retro. Extremely useful, and great for virtual 'over the shoulder' type support but it limits you to 1 user per desktop at any given time. VNC is just straight-dump-of-the-framebuffer-over-network. How is this better than the dozen free VNC clients? Why would businesses pay for it? fuzzyfuzzyfungus Ars Praetorian jump to post.Microsoft is also developing a free version of Windows 10 for the latest Pi hardware. If you're looking to access a Windows remote desktop from the Pi without a full-fledged business product, you could check out one of the tutorials written by Pi users. It also has various management tools that give IT administrators control over Windows installations, let them provide remote support, and monitor server activity. 2X can be deployed to devices in minutes and uses server load balancing to improve performance and reliability, according to Parallels.

The 2X Remote Application Server works with any hypervisor and can be installed by businesses themselves or accessed as a hosted service through a third-party service provider.Īlthough the Pi isn't a particularly powerful computer, Parallels said it will work just fine as a thin client, as most of the heavy lifting is handled on the server-side. Parallels is best known for its virtualization software that lets Mac users run Windows and other operating systems, but also has a number of products aimed at IT shops and cloud service providers. 2X is one of the newest for Parallels, as it was bought by the company earlier this year, but 2X previously made its software as an independent vendor for a decade. 'We are evaluating customer feedback regarding interest in running on third-party OSes for Raspberry Pi.' Snappy Ubuntu Core, OSMC, RISC OS, OpenELEC, and Pidora), but these have not been tested yet,' a Parallels spokesperson told Ars. 'It may also run on other third-party Linux OSes for Raspberry Pi (i.e. The client will work on all versions of Raspberry Pi hardware and is optimized to run on Raspbian, the most commonly used version of Linux for the Pi. Printing redirection is automatically configured, letting users 'print directly from any device without the administrator having to install drivers on the server,' Parallels said.

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