From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 23:24:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B00316A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:24:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41BB243D5D for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:24:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])iAANO2l8087827 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:24:02 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 87124-06-2 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:24:01 +1100 (EST) Received: from svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com ([10.0.0.4])iAANNFHS087809 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:23:15 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Not Verified[10.0.0.3]) by svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com with MailMarshal (v5,0,3,78) id ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:23:14 +1100 Received: from [10.0.17.42] (wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com [10.0.17.42]) by wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D94F33F0F for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:23:14 +1100 (EST) From: Murray Taylor To: freebsdquestions In-Reply-To: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> References: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Bytecraft Systems Message-Id: <1100128994.64462.155.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:23:14 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: RDEsktop/VNC questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:24:04 -0000 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. ****************************************************************