all, Sorry about the triple send I'm running cooker here and evo is having trouble with screen paints.... I click it does and I get no feedback what so ever.. again sorry.
On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 02:02, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 07:20, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 23:18, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 21:16, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 20:43, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > I do this with VNC all the time. My desktop runs tight vnc but only > > > > > inits to run level 3 ... then from work etc I can get into it no > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PS rfbdrake and Remote Desktop Connection both provide access this way > > > > > ... and it's a heck of a lot less bandwidth hungry than normal X. > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > ooh boy, a religious war! heh-heh :-) Actually VNC does use less > > > > bandwidth, but X is still more responsive for me, even over relatively > > > > low-bandwidth high-latency links, because X isn't doing the screen > > > > scrape and poll-my-mouse crud. Now if you're using a pixmapped theme and > > > > the pixmaps are all on the other end of a modem... > > > > > > Of course a religious war. Whatdya expect form an old alterboy! > > > *grin*. The reasons you don't like VNC is why IMHO MDK had the wisdom > > > to switch to tightVNC. It doesn't do the poll-my-mouse crud (The > > > concept is the mouse is on the local box why draw it twice. So they use > > > a 1x1px spot on the screen at the tip of your local mouse. I've used it > > > over a 56k connection with iceWM as the wm and it was a bit clunky but > > > faster than pcNowhere on Broadband and screen updates paints and lauches > > > where much faster. > > > > > > James > > > > does the Windows port of VNC support this? I've only used VNC to view > > Windows boxen from Linux, and it's always godawful, even over a LAN. I > > can't use my Linux programs while I'm using vncviewer because any > > overlap of windows causes the whole VNC session to repaint itself for 90 > > seconds. > > If by this you mean tightVNC yes there is a windows setup for it. Both > Server and client are available. In fact in many ways it's a better UI > than the Linux version. Only thing I've found is that like all windwoze > apps it tend to be a bit more ram intensive. > > > > rdesktop is a lot better, if the remote machine is W2K and has > > Citrix^H^H^H^H^H^HTerminal Services installed. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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