Comments on: Manage Multiple Connections: Remote Desktop, VNC, Citrix, and More

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:46:51 +0000

I use mRemote (http://www.mremote.org/wiki/) since it’s free (opensource) and have multi tabs. Let’s see if it can match mRemote functionality..

I can't wait to try it out to see how it stacks up. Thanks for pointing it out!

spock1982 wrote:

I connect to many servers throughout the day and this looks like a great tool. I currently use the remote desktop tool in the windows admin pack, but this looks like it has a lot to offer so I am going to give it a try.

I've used that as well, but it always feels a bit clunky to me. Plus when using the tool in the admin pack keys like the Windows Key don't transfer over to the remote session when they are pressed (they execute on the remote machine). I use the Windows Key+E shortcut a lot to open Explorer, and so that gets a little annoying when I can't use it on the remote machine. This does, however, work fine in Terminals.

By: spock1982

spock1982 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:29:18 +0000

I connect to many servers throughout the day and this looks like a great tool. I currently use the remote desktop tool in the windows admin pack, but this looks like it has a lot to offer so I am going to give it a try.

By: Manage Multiple Connections: Remote Desktop, VNC, Citrix, and More - The Prophecy Forums

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:37:17 +0000

[...] Everyday when I?m at work I?m dealing with dozens of different servers that I have to connect to using the Windows Remote Desktop. If you have just one computer that you need to manage the standard Remote Desktop Connection application serves the purpose, but it can become tedious when dealing with numerous machines. To solve this problem I began looking around for a app that has a nice tabbed interface for handling multiple connections. What I wasn?t expecting was to find something as good as the free Terminals program. This can not only manage Remote Desktop Connections, but also VNC, VMRC, RAS, Telnet, SSH, ICA Citrix, HTTP, and Amazon S3. Plus you can accomplish basic tasks like pinging, trace routes, whois lookups, and more all from within this single program. I?ve quickly become impressed with everything Terminals can do. Anytime you make a connection to a machine it will be added to the Favorites menu for easy access in the future. You can then go through and rename the entries for easier recognition (especially handy if you?re connecting via IP addresses), or even apply tags. And we can?t forget about security. Naturally you won?t want a program like this to save all of your passwords because a lot could be lost should it ever fall into the wrong hands. At the same time it can be tough to remember all of those different passwords for the various machines. Terminals, much like any browser, will let you establish a master password that is used to protect all of your saved passwords. That means you?ll have just one password to remember from now on! This probably isn?t a program that will be handy for everyone, but it can definitely save some time and frustration for those of you who work with dozens of different connections day in and day out. It?s completely free, and doesn?t require any installation for you to start using it. Just download the ZIP file, extract the contents, and run the executable. Get Terminals for Windows Manage Multiple Connections: Remote Desktop, VNC, Citrix, and More [...]

By: The Windows Fix

The Windows Fix — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:02:37 +0000

I use mRemote too. I’ve used Terminals as well, but it’s not nearly as feature rich as mRemote.

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By: StationStops

StationStops — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:33:00 +0000

Remote Desktop is unreliable in that I frequently find it is shut off on the host side. I think sometimes Windows, Firewall, and/or AV updates may be to blame for resetting it.

For years I have been using gotomypc, its the rolls royce of remote apps – its secure, there is no firewall configuration whatsoever, you dont need a client installed remotely.

however, recently I added a Mac to my mix, and you cant host gotomypc on a mac, so I switched to logmein.com. its not as slick as gotomypc, but it has most of its advantages and is free and works with mac.

By: blaszta

blaszta — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:42:14 +0000

Interesting find!

I use mRemote ([mremote.org]) since it’s free (opensource) and have multi tabs. Let’s see if it can match mRemote functionality..

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:51:27 +0000

Question: what kind of memory/CPU footprint does this application leave?