I have set up a Linux VirtualBox Virtual Machine server. From a Windows machine, I can remote desktop to a Windows VM running on that machine, it works great. I can also use VNC to remote to an Ubuntu VM also running on that machine.
However, I would like several users to be able to access the Ubuntu VM at the same time – currently, user #2 will kick #1 out when he comes in. We are a small group of developers (<6), I could run several Ubuntu VMs at the same time, but I'm thinking there's got to be a better way.
My ultimate goal would to have what Windows Remote desktop offers in Windows 2003 (multiple user logins at the same time).
One idea I thought of was to run several x-windows instances, each on different terminal window. Each instance would be be associated with a different port, so that 'Joe' would VNC to 'ubuntu-vc:0', 'Bob' to 'ubuntu-vc:1', etc. I don't know if this is possible, though.
Any ideas?
Best Answer
you can also look at no-machine / freenx - works much better then vnc over slower links.