When comparing X2Go vs Chrome Remote Desktop, the Slant community recommends Chrome Remote Desktop for most people. In the question“What are the best remote desktop solutions for Linux?” Chrome Remote Desktop is ranked 1st while X2Go is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Chrome Remote Desktop is:
All you need to do is install a Chrome extension.
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Pros
Pro Open source
Pro Secured by SSH
Pro Has the ability to disconnect and reconnect to a session
Pro Works well over both low bandwidth and high bandwidth connections
Pro Simple set-up
All you need to do is install a Chrome extension.
Pro Impressively fast
Faster than most similar applications.
Pro Easy to install
Pro Completely free
There are no restrictions on how you use it.
Pro Cross-platform
Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Pro Keeps making sure connection is still wanted
Every few minutes the sharer gets a popup asking if they want to continue sharing the screen, while the popup is shown the viewer can't control anything. This is important in case the sharer forgets to close the connection.
Pro Allows viewer to make actions
If the user that shares their screen doesn't touch the mouse/keyboard the viewer can control them which makes it easy take actions instead of explaining by voice.
Cons
Con Undocumented features
X2Go have very interesting features but they are not documented, or they are poorly documented, which makes difficult to use.
Con Single user only
If multiple users want to connect to a device, they have to take turns.