[Techtalk] Linux VNC server/clients
Rasjid Wilcox
rasjidw at openminddev.net
Fri Mar 26 19:58:16 EST 2004
On Friday 26 March 2004 09:27, Andrea Landaker wrote:
> > Can anyone suggest a good solid, easy to use GUI VNC client for Linux,
> > which would allow me to host on linux but connect from Windows XP?
>
> Hmm, a GUI VNC client? I don't know if there are any . . . but there's not
> much to configure, so it seems like command-line is adequate for most
> things?
>
> Unless you mean a VNC server that lets you see your current desktop,
> instead of starting up a new X display. If that's what you want, you can
> use x0rfbserver or x11vnc (http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/) -- you just
> run it, and then connect from whatever computer you want and you're looking
> at the same X display that shows on your monitor.
The current beta from RealVnc (which is run by the original people that did
the AT&T version) also comes with this ability. Although I have not tested
it yet.
Rasjid.
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