X2go

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Installation and Configuration of x2go Client

1. Download x2go client:

OS X Users will need to download and install the X11 libraries from: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

2. Install x2go client.

3. Configure new x2go session:

  • Server FQDN: ssh-soc.ece.ubc.ca
    • Note that at this time, ssh-soc is only accessible when using UBC VPN service. This may change when ECE launches this as a supported service. See the following link for UBC VPN connection instructions.

https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/myvpn

  • Session type: XFCE

3.1. Create a new session by clicking on the button highlighted in red

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3.2. Populate all fields highlighted in red

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3.3. You may want to play around with the connection settings to optimize user experience.

With the right connection settings, the experience of using a streaming video service like Youtube over x2go should be fairly identical to a local browser. In most situations, setting this to LAN provides a decent experience but obviously this highly depends on the available network throughput of your network connection.

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Note that audio doesn’t work correctly with OS X clients.

4. Once configured, start a new x2go session by clicking on the session browser on the right.

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4.1. Login with your ECE credentials

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Result:

This technology behaves very similarly to Microsoft’s RDP/terminal services. By disconnecting your client, your session is still active on the server and you can resume the session by reconnecting to this service using the x2go client. —

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