[ale] VNC viewers for linux

[Greg Freemyer]

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:12:30 -0400, Jonathan Rickman <jdr at xcorps.net> wrote:
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On
> > Behalf Of Greg Freemyer
> > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 11:25 AM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] VNC viewers for linux
> >
> > Possibly a dumb question, but can't you just start up another
> > X-server on your Linux box and have it connect to another
> > linux server.
> 
> That might very well be the best solution on a LAN, but ICA, RDP, and VNC
> work well across slow links, where X is barely even functional over anything
> less than a T1, and it is quite painful even at that speed. RDP and VNC are
> quite pleasant to use at 56k with RDP having a significant edge, and ICA can
> run over as little as 19,200bps using a cell phone as a connection device. I
> suspect that Red Hat and Suse are working dilligently behind the scenes to
> bring VNC up to this level, as it would have a significant impact on the
> acceptance of their enterprise product lines. It is really just a matter of
> time, but in the interim, I refuse to struggle with inferior technology in a
> production environment. My use of VNC consists of managing one Windows
> desktop connected over a VPN, and that's only because we had no intention of
> buying pcAnywhere just for one machine since we had no need for file
> transfers, remote device mapping, and all the other features present with
> other solutions.
> 
Lack of knowledge on my part.  I always do my remote admin via ssh, so
I was not thinking of the bandwidth issues related to X.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer