Vnc provides a method of remotely accessing a X11-based GUI remotely by means of a simplified (and less bandwidth-hungry) network protocol and a OS-independent client *as if one was directly interacting with the X desktop*.
This is important for VM in several ways: 1) Most (if not all) IBM mainframes do not have bitmap displays connected, which makes it impossible to run X natively. 2) the X network protocol between clients and servers is very chatty, which makes it difficult to support interactive work over WAN or high-latency links. 3) It removes a 'different' aspect of Linux on the mainframe. Since the current generation of Linux admins seem incapable of coping without a GUI, vnc allows mainframe and non-mainframe systems to appear exactly the same. -----Original Message----- From: "Warren Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: 3/8/07 5:45 PM Subject: Re: What is vnc and how can this be applied to Linux running on VM? There is no desktop on VM? ----- Original Message ---- From: Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2007 2:14:36 PM Subject: Re: What is vnc www.realvnc.com -- R; ----- Original Message ----- From: Warren Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03/08/2007 05:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: What is vnc Is there anywhere that describes exactly what you get with vnc? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
