Ira Abramov wrote:

> why isn't it cheap to access win from lin? I have done it several
> times with TightVNC clients, as well as with the windows RDP client
> (both are packages on Debian's main tree, apt-get install rdesktop
> xvncviewer)

I find VNC way too slow and jumpy for extensive work, which is not
surprising consider its highly suboptimal bitmap-level operation (tested
on 100BaseT, PIII 550MHz on both sides).

As for rdesktop, that's neat! I googled for a free RDP client a few
month ago, and oddly enough it didn't come up. There is, however, the
issue of a Windows-side license [1].

  Eran


[1] For clarifications about that, go no further than the
Windows 2000 Terminal Services Licensing FAQ:
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/tsfaq.asp
Please, *do* go ahead! If you can read it (try item 3 for size) without
having your ears bleed, consider a professional boxing career.


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