Is THIS VNC?
Peter Arremann
loony at loonybin.org
Tue Dec 28 03:35:21 UTC 2004
On Monday 27 December 2004 22:20, Michael J. Pawlowsky wrote:
> Ryan D'Baisse wrote:
> > Am I missing something or is THIS what VNC consists of? If this
> > really is all that VNC has to offer then why would I use VNC instead
> > of SSH?
>
> It's basically a remote X.
> Put whatever you want to startup in your ~/.vnc/xstartup file.
>
> If you want a gnome-session, put that into it.
> If you only wanted an xclock, you can have that.
>
> This is a Linux environment... you make it into whatever you want it
> to be... You only want a term... you can have that... you want a
> flashy desktop, which a bunch of applets etc, you can have that.
>
> Vivre la difference! Linux gives you the choice!
>
>
> Mike
Also, one should add that KDE has a internal vnc server (reachable through the
control panel) that will share the session you're currently logged in. Gnome
can do the same under the preferences -> Remote Desktop...
Both of these can be accessed with a vnc viewer easily.
Peter.
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