Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 08:58:30 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: <erothwell@callgtn.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: VNCServer and Alternatives: Where to go? Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPIEGMCKAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <200011250802.AA11010594@wdc.callgtn.com>
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sure! Get an X server for Windows (i.e. Exceed, Reflections, X-Win Pro, etc) and set up your xdm/wdm/kdm for remote authorization. Works like a champ here. Connect via XDMCP. -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of }Erik Rothwell }Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 8:03 AM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: VNCServer and Alternatives: Where to go? } } }Hi folks, } }I'm looking for a decent BSD interpretation of the remote }desktop phenominon (a la Microsoft Terminal server, }Timbuktu, PCAnywhere, etc.) } }Currently, I run VNC for remote access to my X desktop: it's }incredibly easy to use and simple to install, but, it really }does not perform. At least it doesn't for me. } }I have a Cable-over-IP connection (about 50KB/s upstream }300-400KB/s down).... when comparing VNC (in fullscreen, }1024 x 768 at 8-bit depth) to Microsoft's Terminal Server }running the same config, Terminal Server wins hands down. }You can barely tell you're using a remote desktop. VNC, on }the other hand, is super-chunky and chugs along at a snails }pace . . . } }I'm utterly sure that FreeBSD must be able to hack better }graphical remote access services: so, are there any }alternatives to VNC? I looked into GraphOn's Bridges "thin }client," but not only is it commercial software but the }installation program for the RedHat 6.1 version (which I }figured would operate under my Linux compatibility package) }died out and dumped core. } }Has anyone else had better experiences with VNC or know of }any alternatives? } }I figured one option would be to somehow setup the PC as an }X server, but, that's not really feasible in my situation: }the VNC client is about 150k and the Terminal Server client }is about that as well . . . I'm sort of looking for }something I could server up on the web as Java or take with }me on a floppy disk. } }Thanks, } }------- }E. L. Rothwell }xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx }xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx }------- } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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