Open Source Guacamole Puts VNC On the Web

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 5, 2010 @05:03AM from the there's-an-app-for-that dept.

tbitiss writes "A new open source project dubbed Guacamole allows users to access a desktop remotely through a web browser, potentially streamlining the requirements for client support and administration. Guacamole is an HTML5 and JavaScript (Ajax) VNC viewer that makes use of a VNC-to-XML proxy server written in Java. According to its developers, Guacamole is almost as responsive as native VNC and should work in any browser supporting the HTML5 canvas tag. Supporting 10 Linux desktops in 10 browser tabs? I like the sound of that."

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Great.... by macintard · 2010-05-05 05:13 · Score: 5, Insightful

"Almost" as responsive as VNC? So it sucks even more?
Name? by DaFallus · 2010-05-05 05:52 · Score: 4, Insightful

Why do so many open source projects have the dumbest names? Whats next? Ketchup? Towel? Come on guys, put the bowl down for five minutes and come up with a name that isn't related to the munchies in front of you or the stains on your shirt.

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