[UCLA-LUG] Remote X

[Matt Waggoner]

It should probably be clarified that VNC does not work at all the way X
does.  X is a network-enabled windowing system; it sends the information
about the windows over the wire, and the local X client draws them.  VNC
sends the actual screen image as a large (compressed) bitmap.  While this
guarantees that you will see *exactly* what your desktop looks like, it can
be rather painful on a slow system.

At 12:02 2/4/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Check VNC from AT&T.   It has that capability (access Windoze box
>through browser).   It also supports most unix OS (linux, solaris, irix,
>etc).   Plus, it's free.   You can get binary or source code.
>
>Stefanus
>
>>> In the SEAS NT labs on campus, we can use an application called
>>> HostExplorer to start up an Xsession to the SEAS unix machines ("thin
>>> client" in manager-speak :).  Are there any other programs (preferably
>>> free) for win32 that facilitate the same type of thing?
>>
>>I believe someone was crazy enough to write an X server as a java applet.
>>That way, you can run remote X apps from any OS with a web browser. I forget
>>what it's called, but I'm pretty sure I saw it on freshmeat.net
>>
>>> 
>>> TIA
>>> dimi
>>
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