> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 09:25:24AM +1000, Phill wrote: >> I guess I thought (not really understanding the concept.. but now I do) >> that it could be used as a remote desktop with the gui bacically being >> redirected to a remote output. > > That's certainly possible -- that's what xdmcp is about. > >> I do use a vnc at the momement. It is a bit slow and I was wondering >> about >> a more efficient way to run programs on a server > > Vnc is fastER (but still not _fast_) and less hassle (only one port to > worry about) on a WAN. > Straight X is much faster on a LAN.
If money is not too much of an object and time is, a client of mine was using Cygwin and now is using nomachine (http://www.nomachine.com). There is a freeNX version. It is much faster than Cygwin with ssh particularly on low speed lines, much easier to setup and the client installs are available for windows, linux, playstation and I think OSX. It apparently works by removing lots of unnecessary chat from the X protocol. There is a live demo that runs X from Italy. Cost was about $1K for a dual processor 40 user win4lin server, so about $25/user or some such. Compared to tuning X, it was a godsend. It also tidied up all that messy ssh-keygen stuff and saves about 1/2 hour per PC on install... HTH Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
