On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, John Summerfield wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, John Summerfield wrote: > > > > > Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > John Summerfield wrote: > > > > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Remote_Desktop > > > > > 1. The subject. I thought you were talking about connecting to a > > > > > Windows > > > > > desktop. > > > > > 2. I use KDE > > > > > 3. You didn't persuade me it's better than VNC. > > > > What he describes is VNC - just the gnome variation (vino) and it > > > > doesn't > > > > get copy/paste right with a windows client. The KDE flavor is krfb. > > > > > > > I've read it again, understanding improves with a second reading:-) > > > > > > It might use vnc as the mechanism, but it's not what most users would > > > think of > > > as "remote desktop." > > > > > > More like desktop sharing. > > > > i only used the phrase "Remote Desktop" since that's how it appears in > > the GNOME menu. > > Bizarre. I'm looking at http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/remote-desktop.html > > It's clear it's talking about desktop sharing (or remote assistance), and not > remote desktop as anyone else uses the term. > > AFAIK this is the only remote desktop client for Linux: > http://www.rdesktop.org/ again, the only reason i was using the phrase "Remote Desktop" is that that's the way it's presented to the user, under: System -> Preferences -> Internet and Network -> Remote Desktop i can appreciate that it's not really what a lot of people would think of as remote desktop, and that it's probably unnecessarily confusing. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ======================================================================== -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
