On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:17:52 +1000, YankDownUnder wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:03, Miark tapped out:
> > On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 09:20:14 +0700, Fajar wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > Is there any similar program like PCAnywhere in Linux?
> > > I'd like to connect to a remote Linux desktop screen using
> > > phone line and modem.
> >
> > You could use VNC, but if you're working over a phone line,
> > the lack of bandwidth will make it unbearable. You'll want to
> > use freenx which is a variation on VNC that works betten with
> > dial-up connections. It is more of a pain to configure,
> > though. If you use 10.1, these instructions may help:
> >
> > http://www.schwer.us/journal/2005/03/11/freenx-on-mandrake-101/
> >
> > Miark
> 
> Painful as it would be, just using a dialup session via telnet
> could accomplish quite a bit of administration maintenance -
> if that is what is needed...otherwise, it IS going to be very
> painful attempting a graphical connection...just from
> experience...

That is a good point. mcc will run in a console, and just about
everything can be configured with a text editor. And don't
forget that many things can be done with webmin over the web,
too. 

'Course, I think Stephen meant "ssh" and not "telnet" :-)

Miark

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