[ale] Truly remote desktop aka terminal services client/server in Linux, Does it exist ?

[Jim Lynch]

On 08/30/2010 02:12 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> [1] in my previous reply contains a link to
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11vnc . And I quote:
>
> "x11vnc does not create an extra display (or X desktop) for remote
> control. Instead, it uses the existing X11 display shown on the
> monitor of a Unix-like computer in real time. x11vnc has security
> features that allows the user to set an access password or to use Unix
> usernames and passwords."
>    
What is implied but left unsaid  is you can have it either way.  You can 
use x11vnc to act just like remote desktop on windows, i. e. 
view/interact with the same display as on the console, or you can use 
straight vnc to give you a new display independent of the console.  In 
either case, you can reconnect at a later time and continue what you 
were doing, assuming nothing changes in the meantime.

Jim.