We use XThinPro from labtam (www.labtam-inc.com) here. It gives you a remote desktop and full functionality. It is just like working on the box itself. I don;t know how well it would work over the internet, but an adsl line would probably be okay. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Gary Stainburn [mailto:gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:00 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx; Wade Chandler Subject: Re: Remote Desktops On Friday 24 Oct 2003 4:39 am, Wade Chandler wrote: > You could purchase a (not cheap) Xserver for windows called X-Win32 and > use X over ssh. This works very well. I do this. You need a fast > connection if you do this over the internet though. Play with ssh > compression on and off. If you want a cheaper solution you could setup > Cygwin on the Windows box. Not sure how well it will work. I haven't > played around much with X in cygwin. X-Win32 works really well, however > to me it is a little expensive. But, it is the best X Server I have > seen for Windows yet. You won't have a remote desktop either. But, > what you will be able to do is run the remote graphical applications. I > used this more than VNC or remote desktops. The apps appear to run > right on your Windows machine (except for saving and editing files for > course). > > Wade Another good thing about X-Win32 is that it is try-before-you-buy (which I subsequently did) http://www.starnet.com/products/downloads.asp > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ding Li > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 8:05 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Remote Desktops > > > Then try vnc. I used vnc to connect to linux before. The bad thing is > you get another desktop which is not the local one. Another bad thing > about vnc is it's slow. Sometimes you have to refresh manually. > > cs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >On 14:04 23 Oct 2003, Ding Li <achillis2002@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >| Try rdesktop. I'm using it, pretty cool. Much faster than vnc. > > > >It goes the wrong way. It's fine for accessing the Windows machine from > > > >the linux box. However he wants to access a Linux desktop from the > >Windows machine. -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list NNC's UK Operating Companies : NNC Holdings Limited (no. 3725076), NNC Limited (no. 1120437), National Nuclear Corporation Limited (no. 2290928), STATS-NNC Limited (no. 4339062) and Technica-NNC Limited (no. 235856). The registered office of each company is at Booths Hall, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8QZ except for Technica-NNC Limited whose registered office is at 6 Union Row, Aberdeen AB10 1DQ. NNC's head office and principal address is Booths Hall and the switchboard number is 01565 633800. The NNC website is www.nnc.co.uk This email and any files transmitted with it have been sent to you by the relevant UK operating company and are confidential and intended for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the NNC system manager by e-mail at eadm@xxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
