Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:15:47 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Sam Suh <sam@bigstudios.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with KVM switch Message-ID: <15255.37667.749952.358414@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <82850842@toto.iv>
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Sam Suh <sam@bigstudios.com> types: > Chris wrote: > > You might try vnc as a free replacement. Works great for me, and is in > > the ports collection. > Hi, Chris. Forgive me if I got it wrong, but isn't vnc a X client > designed run on Windows or other OS ( I am not sure if it supports other > types ). I understand your point but I don't like to run anything on > Windows since you know and I know M$ SUCKS! Nope. VNC is a cross-platform display system. You can run VNC servers on most major desktop platforms. You can run vnc clients on all of those, any platform with a java based web browser, and oddball things like the Nokia 9000 cell phone or a Palm. I've used VNC to access WIndows desktops from Unix, to access Unix desktops from a Palm on a wireless modem, to access Unix desktops from other Unix systems when I wanted the other desktop isolated from mine. I've found it invaluable when tweaking my window manager - shutting down and restarting a vnc sessions that's all on the local host so I can try the just built software is a lot saner than stopping and restrating my X session. It's also easier to debug when the window manager is in one window on my desktop, and the development environment is in another. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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