[lug] remote xterm question...

[Dhruva B. Reddy]

There is a free X server included in the cygwin project.  It seems to
work pretty well (although I only used it for a couple of days when I
first started my job--I soon got my own Linux box).

-d

On Fri, 09 May 2003 at 20:20 -0600, Mr Viggy soliloquized thusly:
> Nothing free, I don't think.  There is XWin32, but that's not free 
> (http://www.xwin32.com/).  It's basically your ol' remote UNIX display, 
> but on a Windows client.  I've used it at a previous job, and it's 
> pretty darn fast.  But, again, it's not free.
> 
> I don't know of anything else.  VNC works for me, but then again, I'm 
> going from Linux to Windows, not the other way around.
> 
> Sorry.
> 
> Viggy
> 
> Joseph P. Crotty wrote:
> >>VNC will work.  It's not fast, and I don't know how secure it is.  But,
> >>it's free.
> >
> >
> >I used to use CDE when I was on  Sun boxes.  I was aware of VNC, just 
> >didn't
> >know if other solutions had cropped up since then.
> >
> >
> >>Actually, I was it in the opposite way.  I have a VNC server running on
> >>my Win2K box, and I use the client program on my laptop (running
> >>Slackware Linux).
> >>
> >>There is a re-write, TightVNC, that is a little faster on updating the
> >>screen.  http://www.tightvnc.com/  TightVNC claims support wiht/through
> >>SSH, so it looks like it's secure.  I don't have experience with this,
> >>as I'm running it on my LAN, so I figure I'm secure already (I hope ;-)
> >
> >
> >ditto, on the LAN security bit
> >
> >
> >>Joseph P. Crotty wrote:
> >>
> >>>well, throwing the specifics aside what I "really" want is access to the 
> >>>RH
> >>>desktop as if I was right there.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>telnet?
> >>>>
> >>>>How, exactly, do you want to access it?  You can use VNC, if you're
> >>>>running X (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/).
> >>>>
> >>>>Personally, I just use telnet. Of course, my Slackware box is my home
> >>>>router/firewall, so it's a minimal install (no X)...
> >>>>
> >>>>Viggy
> >>>>
> >>>>Joseph P. Crotty wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I have a RH 9 box and would like to access it remotely from a
> >>>>
> >>>>Windoz box.  Can
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>anyone suggest what software I should place on each to accomplish
> >>>>
> >>>>said task?  I
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>read some online docs, but can't seem to ascertain the best open source
> >>>>>solution.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Joe Crotty
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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