X2Go

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X2Go is a project under the umbrella of the Open Remote Computing Association - orca e.V. - a registered  under s Civil Code and also registered as a charitable organisation, similar to a 501(c)(3)  in the US. As such, it is not only possible to donate money to X2Go via orca e.V., but the donations are also tax deductible for German tax subjects.

X2Go enables you to access a graphical desktop of a computer over a low bandwidth (or high bandwidth) connection.
 * ''Overview

X2Go is a solution, which some vendors vaguely call Remote Control. This is not to be confused with Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection, which is a competing Remote Desktop solution and protocol.

With X2Go, you mainly access  computers. The Linux computer you are accessing is the X2Go Server. (There are ways to connect to a Windows computer as well; some of them are only available with the Linux X2Go Client.)

You can connect from a computer running Linux, Windows or Mac OS X. This computer is the X2Go Client.

Multiple users/clients can access a single X2Go Server at the same time, with each user/client having an individual Desktop session by default - however, Desktop sharing (Remote Assistance) is possible, too (see below).

For the graphical part of remote desktop sessions, X2Go uses No Machine NX3 technology under the hood.