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How to assign desktops to workspaces to control several servers

I have a small home network all running ubuntu 11.04 either desktop or server versions,

upstairs i have 2 hp proliant servers and 2 dell 2500 servers,

down stairs i have 3 desktop computers.

on a desktop machine downstairs, I would like to be able to click on a workspace (currently there are 4) and see the screen of one of the servers upstairs and have keyboard and mouse and buffer control

I use synergy and quicksynergy on the 3 machines downstairs this sort of does what i want on that half of the network, except that when i move my mouse off the screen edge it moves over on to the monitor of another machine, rather than bringing that machines screen onto mine

I dont want to use VNC as its very slow on these machines

is this possible?

Many Thanks in advance
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Have you tried NX? It works pretty good on my servers. Also communication is encrypted.

X server sessions is the best solution but can very hard to configure if you have not done it before. The program to do this on desktops is Xnest. It works very good but the configuration can be tricky on the servers.

Response by:
fieropunk
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Can I ask what OS are the servers running ?

All the servers are running Ubuntu Server 11.04 (Linux)

All the desktop machines are running Ubuntu Desktop 11.04 (Linux)

If not VNC would Vino be faster unencrypted over a local network ?

Looking into that right now, tho not sure if vino can be somehow assigned to a workspace

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GoldAlchemis ...
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Can I ask what OS are the servers running ?

If not VNC would Vino be faster unencrypted over a local network ?

Response by:
BonoEstente
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