Remote Linux desktop?

[Josh Coffman]

--- Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 06:45 -0800, gerrynix wrote:
> > I have a client who needs to display a desktop
> from one Linux box to
> > another on their Local Area Network. Which might
> be the best besr
> > method?  Is there a VNC client for Linux?
> 
> Yes, it even comes with one.
> 
> > Is rsh or ssh better?
> 
> Don't know, that depends on your needs, and I've not
> used rsh.
> 
> If you want to see what's on a remote desktop (e.g.
> one you've left
> running), VNC is one way of doing things.  If you
> just want to run a
> remote computer, including with GUI, then ssh is
> good and simple.
> 
> If you leave a computer doing something, and want to
> keep tabs on it
> when you go to another PC, SSH won't allow you to
> see the desktop like
> VNC can.
> 
> -- 
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> 

I just wanted to point out nomachine
(www.nomachine.com); which does cast but there is a
free version called freenx. I don't think it allows
your to chare a current desktop, but it is fast, runs
over ssh, and can use kde/gnome/others.

Shin zen ni rei
-j
Registered Linux user number 403109
  http://counter.li.org/
  


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