Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 00:26:40 -0400 From: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> To: Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote desktops?!!! Message-ID: <200309040026.53808.mistry.7@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030904025108.GA4251@freshaire.wiz.com> References: <20030903215231.C0C3A380B3@www.fastmail.fm> <20030904025108.GA4251@freshaire.wiz.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wednesday 03 September 2003 10:51 pm, Marc Wiz wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:52:31PM -0600, KroNiC~BSD wrote: > > I would like to use my freebsd and windows desktops remotly. I tried > > TightVNC but found it too slow for me, even on a 10mbps lan with all the > > tricks etc.. such as compression. I would think it would be unusable over > > a modem. I found Rdesktop and it does work nice to talk to my XP machine > > but the image is only 8-bit and would be better at say 24-bit. Is MS > > remote desktop encrypted, i have not even checked it yet ,,if not maybe > > their is a way to do rdesktop over ssh to the windows machine. Is there > > other good solutions such as VNC but faster? > > > > > > Take a look at the man page for lbxproxy. This will help conserve > bandwidth. > > > Now, whats the best "Open Src" way to have a remote NIX* X-server > > session. I would like to use my freebsd desktop when i am traveling to > > check email, surf the web and maybe use myplayer to watch a movie or play > > a MP3. I was thinking of using the X protocol but heard it was too slow > > and very bandwidth hundry. Is the latter correct? I would also like to > > not only view my Freebsd computer from another nix* machine but also from > > a windows box, is there a windows X client? > I use my computer as my own application server, using it with remote X sessions with a compression level of 5 over ssh yields a good performance to bandwidth ratio. Mail, IM, some light video editing with avidemux, office suite, and not bad to use a web browser either if you've got broadband on both ends. There is cygwin which will allow you to use X in windows, or eXceed(non-free, but nice) For MP3's just setup an icecast server on your freebsd system, and connect to it with xmms or something. It's pretty easy to setup. > I don't profess to be an expert in these matters but I would be very > impressed to see someone do remote X to watch a movie over. > I can watch my tv card over the network, it uses about 4MB/s on a 100Mb switched netowrk, but it works. If you don't have a lot of bandwidth you can get 1 or 2 frames per sec, which will still allow you to keep track of game( That's how I watched the superbowl while in the CS labs :( ). > There is WierdX which is Java based. I believe that should satisfy the > open source requirement. > > Marc > > -- > Marc Wiz > marc@wiz.com > Yes, that really is my last name. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Anish Mistry [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/Vr8NxqA5ziudZT0RAmsLAJ91yMecYKZT8GuvEf9eLVW+QrJuKgCgpxLS TGmLIJlEsRgZE00uDyC4/pU= =vV7j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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