On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 15:24, Tom Duerbusch wrote: > But I'm told by some folks here, that that isn't X11, vnc isn't > compatable with X11 and there is different software for X11.
Yes and no. The VNC server on Linux or Unix is, basically, a (relatively) lightweight X server. VNC uses its own bitmap protocol, rather than the straight-ahead-X protocol. The VNC server for Windows is more of a remote-desktop sort of thing. You certainly could go with a real X server, and the Cygwin XFree86 works fine for me. However, I think VNC will be lighter and more manageable. There's no reason you can't run both of them, that I know of. You might need to change the port offset for VNC so it doesn't step on your X server, but I really don't remember. Adam
