Sabi ni Bob noong Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:18:36 +0800 (PHT)
> I have used VNC but a little - primarily for accessing a Win95 box from a
> Linux box. A casual observation is that over a 10 MBps ethernet it seems
> a bit sluggish. That might be a problem with Windows rather than VNC.
>
> One thing I like about VNC is that the client software (which runs on the
> remote terminal - opposite of X) is SMALL compared to running an X server.
> There are VNC servers for DOS, GEOS, Windows95 and more, I haven't tried
> them all. In theory, VNC will allow you to run with a MUCH thinner
> client.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't VNC a remote-control program along the lines
of pcAnywhere? I have a copy of an article from SunWorld, haven't quite looked
at it closely enough -- brain hurt at the moment. But if it is a remote-control
program, that might mean that the VNC server PC also has to update the display.
Problem with this is that a buggy display driver can cause some instability with
the server PC. Sure, you might be able to reboot it remotely, but that's one
nuisance that X across a network connection obviates.
OTOH, if VNC is more like X than pcAnywhere, I retreat with a red face <g>
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