[ale] VMWare

[Wandered Inn]

Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 
> Wandered Inn writes:
> > "Brubakken, Eric" wrote:
> > >
> > > I am looking for some product that will allow me connect to my Linux box (
> > > RH 5.2 ) from a winbox and run the Linux GUI interface - xterm or whatever.
> > > Will VMWare do this?  Or is anything else out there I can use?
> >
> > What you want is VNC.  Check out http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
> 
> That doesn't sound right.  What you want is an X server for Windows.
> VNC is massive bandwidth overkill.  It also wouldn't allow you to run
> different programs ont he two computers simultaneously.

What do you mean it wouldn't allow you to run different programs on the
two computers simultaneously?

> 
> The only one I have any experience is Hummingbird's exceed
> http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/index.html
> 
> My experience is so limited that I can't even comment on it, except to
> say that it worked the one time I needed it.

Unless eXceed has gotten better than when I used it, it sucks,
particularily for what it costs.  Maybe it's better now.  There are a
couple of free xservers for Win out there, but I've not got any
experiences with them.

> 
> There are a couple free one, I think, that more or less work, too.
> 
> --Michael

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