From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 20:27:21 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 1E45216A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:27:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15A5443D45 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:27:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krylon@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 27641 invoked by uid 65534); 11 Nov 2004 20:27:18 -0000 Received: from i538760D5.versanet.de (EHLO [192.168.0.13]) (83.135.96.213) by mail.gmx.net (mp009) with SMTP; 11 Nov 2004 21:27:18 +0100 X-Authenticated: #685629 Message-ID: <4193CB21.5020303@gmx.net> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:27:13 +0100 From: Benjamin Walkenhorst User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20041025) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20041110231449.GG39219@keyslapper.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed 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: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:27:21 -0000 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 > > In my experience, vnc is painfully slow. rdesktop on the other hand has always performed to my full satisfaction. On Unix machines (and IIRC OSX, as well) you can also use X11 (preferrably tunneled through ssh). Kind regards, Benjamin