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Open Source Guacamole Puts VNC On the Web

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Great.... by macintard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Almost" as responsive as VNC? So it sucks even more?

  2. Back ... TO THE FUTURE! by Jeffrey+Baker · · Score: 5, Informative

    Plain old vncserver had this capability since at least 1998. I remember using it once at a customer site and their staff gathered around gawking. "He's got xterms in Netscape!"

    1. Re:Back ... TO THE FUTURE! by hax0r_this · · Score: 5, Interesting

      How is that the worst of both worlds, or a hack? This uses Java and Javascript both in the environments in which they work best. And I'm not even sure why you would call this a hack. Do you have a problem with working with XML in a Java server? Java is far from my language of choice, but thats hardly a hack. Or is it the drawing in an HTML5 canvas that you consider a hack? Because thats exactly what its for.

  3. Gee, what are the chances... by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    that Guacamole would be announced on Cinco de Mayo?

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  4. Re:Name? by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, your username is DaFallus.

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