Making VNC behave like Windoze RDP

[babobba]

VNC:
I have personally used Xvnc
(http://www.csd.uwo.ca/staff/magi/doc/vnc/xvnc.html) as a X server
with automatic login.  I used to connect to this machine via a SSH
forwarded port (5900), just make sure you have enough bandwidth to
support your resolutions, etc..   I am currently using TightVNC 1.35
on the windows side (mirage driver rocks), and this should be
interchangeable with VNC on the *nix side.
NX:
I have also used nomachine's NX client to connect to VNC and X servers
alike with a good deal of success.  I had nomachine's nx server
installed, before their change to charging for it.  It required some
setup, but was fairly well documented.  I recently upgraded to Rick
Stout's nx builds
(http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/)succesfully,
however I repeatedly get disconnected and cannot resume (even after
changing the nx suspend/resume options).

At this time, I prefer TightVNC over FreeNX.  And to answer your
question, you need Xvnc to automatically login the user.  Check out
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5499 for how to setup the
autologin stuff.  If you really want dig further, the article mentions
"x0rfbserver", a bit older program and hard to find, but works just as
well.

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:33:24 -0500, Ben Sheron <ben at whatsmykarma.com> wrote:
> I am using FC1.  I have gotten the vncserver package to run on it, but I
> am wondering if there is a way to make this behave more like the Windoze
> RDP feature, ie I log myself in with a few programs running, and RDP in
> remotely and have access to my desktop the way I left it.  It seems like
> it should be possible to set vncserver to do this, but I'm not sure
> how.  Also, is there a Gnome applet that I can use to control this and
> that will function on FC1?  (Due to some other apps I cannot upgrade my
> box.)
> 
> While I'm on the subject, is anyone aware of a better remote desktop
> alternative for Linux?  VNC has worked OK for me on my local network,
> but going out over my cable modem it lags terribly.  Is there any way to
> maybe emulate the other RDP features, such as the ability to play sound
> from a remote machine locally?  Something cross platform would be nice,
> as I would be accessing my box from a Windoze machine.  I've Googled but
> haven't found much.  Just thought I'd ask.
> 
> Thanks for any info.
> 
> Ben
> 
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