[plug] Re: VNC (was Gnome + Enlightenment + X Windows)

[Tamara Thompson]

That really *is* interesting, sort of an 'MS Netmeeting' for other OS's?  Wonder if it works well?  Anybody used it?  I'd love something like that for Linux troubleshooting, with my friend in Groningen.  Wonder if the desktop is naked to the universe when connecting over the net?  

Tamara

>>> Doug <clulow at upnaway.com> 03/17 5:52 AM >>>
Afer reading the message from Trevor I headed off to 

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ 

to see what he was talking about. It sounds really fascinating, and it
struck me that a demo and talk would make an excellent topic for one of
the meetings..  What do some others think!

Doug Clulow
 
Trevor Phillips wrote:
> 
> BTW: I mentioned VNC at the last PLUG meeting and was rewarded by blank looks
> by most people. Don't many people know about this wonderful thing?? It's
> Thin-Client technology, allowing you to access a remote Desktop in a local
> Window. One machine has the VNC server, the other the VNC client, and it uses
> its own protocol. It's great because it works on many different machines;
> display your NT desktop on your Linux box, or run your Mac desktop inside a web
> browser (with the JAVA viewer).
> 
> And it's even better with UNIX, as UNIX is quite used to having separate
> desktops, so you set up a separate VNC server/desktop, which you can access
> anywhere, and it's also stateless! Use it from the Mac, then shift to your PC
> and finish typing a sentence!
> 
> Anyway, enough of the marketing. I find it handy, thought others may too. ^_^