Recommended VNC for gentoo->gentoo?

mansniks · Apprentice Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 290

Hi,
what would be your suggestion? And how about case when it is necessary to control win box? Thanks!

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schachti · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:37 am Post subject:

You can have a look tighvnc - it runs under Windows and Linux.

If you have a slow network connection, check also NX.
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pholthau · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:04 am Post subject:

If you are using KDE, check krdc (as a client) and krfb (as a sever), I think it works with Windows VNC, too...
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Phoenix591 · Guru Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 487

personally, from my experiance with vnc, for linux-linux, ssh -X works just fine, with less connection overhead . however, for connecting to windows, your stuck with (other apps mentioned earlier)

mansniks · Apprentice Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 290

Interesting about ssh -X...
Two questions:
1. Will I be able to run an 3D visualization software ParaView through ssh if client has no such program etc?
2. Isn't that easier to work with some vnc than type ssh ... from console?

newtonian

I've been using the following vnc setup with 3 other developers on 1 machine for 3 years.
It has been very solid for us:

windows or OSX client: http://www.realvnc.com/

terminal server setup on gentoo: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xvnc_terminal_server
choose the realvnc server by doing: