Remote Desktop: the recipe.

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, John Summerfield wrote:

> Les Mikesell wrote:
> > John Summerfield wrote:
> > > Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Remote_Desktop
> > >
> > > 1. The subject. I thought you were talking about connecting to a Windows
> > > desktop.
> > > 2. I use KDE
> > > 3. You didn't persuade me it's better than VNC.
> >
> > What he describes is VNC - just the gnome variation (vino) and it doesn't
> > get copy/paste right with a windows client.  The KDE flavor is krfb.
> >
> I've read it again, understanding improves with a second reading:-)
>
> It might use vnc as the mechanism, but it's not what most users would think of
> as "remote desktop."
>
> More like desktop sharing.

i only used the phrase "Remote Desktop" since that's how it appears in
the GNOME menu.

rday
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