From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 16:38:17 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 7E9B116A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:38:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED0643D48 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:38:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.163.166.57]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041111163816.UBXJ3485.out003.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:38:16 -0600 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iABGcF6V061144 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:38:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iABGcFLN061143 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:38:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:38:15 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20041111163815.GD59958@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [68.163.166.57] at Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:38:16 -0600 Subject: Re: RDEsktop/VNC questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:38:17 -0000 On 11/10/04 06:14 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed: > 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 Very cool feedback. Thank you all. I'll start looking into the terminal service (it didn't get installed with W2K, but I haven't checked out XP Pro yet) and use VNC in the meantime. I'll be using it to write Word docs mostly, and if it's efficient enough, I might just see how well Escape Velocity works (I know, probably not at all). Network security isn't an issue because it's all my personal network behind a firewall. Thanks again. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ There is an old time toast which is golden for its beauty. "When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend." -- Mark Twain