Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:23:14 +1100 From: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> To: freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RDEsktop/VNC questions Message-ID: <1100128994.64462.155.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> In-Reply-To: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> References: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org>
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On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 10:14, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Quick question about interconnectivity. > > You OSX users may be familiar with a very slick little utility called > RDC (Remote Desktop Connection). Some of you other *BSDers may also be > familiar with one called VNC (Visual Network Connection ?) or RDP (?). > The purpose of said utilities is to provide a sort of graphical shell > similar to an X session from a remote machine in a window. > > There are several rdesktop and vnc clients in the ports, so rather than > go through the flurry of install-tryout-uninstall/repeat, I figured I'd > go to the place to ask questions. Here. > > So, who's using these clients, and how effective have you been finding > them? Any gotchas? How cool is it? Do they just plain suck? And more > to the point, which one(s) should I start with on the short list? > > All feedback is welcome - and appreciated. > Lou VNC is great - been using it since 2000 we use the windows version for M$ hosts and I can grab my FreeBSD workstation (XFree86/FBSD4.9) from my laptop and can grab the laptop and other hosts from the FBSD box just as easily the current versions are very light on bandwidth too (useful as I often hook machines in Sydney from our Melbourne office via our frame relay link. Used to clobber the link but now is mostly un-noticable) -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************** This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ****************************************************************
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