On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 14:31 -0700, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > On Aug 27, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Craig White wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 13:56 -0700, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >> On Aug 27, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 09:01 -0700, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >>>> Here's what I'd like to do, I brand new to fedora and a user of mac > >>>> os > >>>> x for the last 8 years (since OSX first came out), I've heard that > >>>> fedora is not as virus hungry as windows. I've got a windows > >>>> machine > >>>> thats 2 years old and would like to see the desktop of the pc on my > >>>> mac as well as filesharing and complete control of the headless > >>>> PC... > >>>> any good, simple instructions out there for doing this? Thank > >>>> you.... > >>>> and if fedora isn't suited for this, can someone tell me? Jeff > >>> ---- > >>> Fedora has 2 options to share it's screen with Macs or PCs... > >>> > >>> freenx or VNC > >>> > >>> The client applications for freenx are available from > >>> http://www.nomachine.org and the client applications for VNC are > >>> available from http://www.realvnc.com/products/download.html (the > >>> Mac > >>> version is called something like Chicken of the VNC). > >>> > >>> installation of freenx is something like 'yum install freenx-server' > >>> and > >>> the generally vnc server application is automatically installed > >>> ('yum > >>> install vncviewer' for the client). > >>> > >>> Instructions on configuration of freenx-server and vnc server are > >>> available via google. > >>> > >>> Craig > >>> > >> > >> So, Craig, if I understand you correctly, all I need is the "Client > >> application" of either of these to screenshare on my mac? (looking at > >> my mac's monitor and seeing the pc)? Jeff > > ---- > > well - sort of...the clients are free to download for your Mac > > (Chicken > > of the VNC or nx-client) > > > > The server must be setup (in the case of freenx, it must be installed > > and then set up). > > > > FreeNX is a bit slicker, faster, better. VncServer is already > > installed > > on your computer and all you need to do is configure it. > > > > Craig > > > > Ok, the magic word... configure. How do I do this? (a newbie here) J ---- OK - I replied twice with links and both were rejected by my upstream smtp server as being spam - ugh... google is your friend... google 'vncserver linux config' or 'freenx server config' depending upon which one you want to use. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
