From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 25 5: 3: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from wdc.callgtn.com (wdc.callgtn.com [209.47.57.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1E537B479 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 05:03:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 08:02:32 -0500 Message-Id: <200011250802.AA11010594@wdc.callgtn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Erik Rothwell" Reply-To: X-Sender: To: Subject: VNCServer and Alternatives: Where to go? X-Mailer: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi folks, I'm looking for a decent BSD interpretation of the remote desktop phenominon (a la Microsoft Terminal server, Timbuktu, PCAnywhere, etc.) Currently, I run VNC for remote access to my X desktop: it's incredibly easy to use and simple to install, but, it really does not perform. At least it doesn't for me. I have a Cable-over-IP connection (about 50KB/s upstream 300-400KB/s down).... when comparing VNC (in fullscreen, 1024 x 768 at 8-bit depth) to Microsoft's Terminal Server running the same config, Terminal Server wins hands down. You can barely tell you're using a remote desktop. VNC, on the other hand, is super-chunky and chugs along at a snails pace . . . I'm utterly sure that FreeBSD must be able to hack better graphical remote access services: so, are there any alternatives to VNC? I looked into GraphOn's Bridges "thin client," but not only is it commercial software but the installation program for the RedHat 6.1 version (which I figured would operate under my Linux compatibility package) died out and dumped core. Has anyone else had better experiences with VNC or know of any alternatives? I figured one option would be to somehow setup the PC as an X server, but, that's not really feasible in my situation: the VNC client is about 150k and the Terminal Server client is about that as well . . . I'm sort of looking for something I could server up on the web as Java or take with me on a floppy disk. Thanks, ------- E. L. Rothwell xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx ------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message