From: gnuwin32@niteroi.gsfc.nasa.gov (GNU Win32) Subject: Re: X server? telnet? rlogin? 16 Apr 1998 08:32:35 -0700 Message-ID: <199804152223.SAA02456.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA) Cc: manin@pobox.com, gnu-win32@cygnus.com Peter, > > However, people may want to take a look at http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/ > This is a gadget that can transfer entire desktops, X or Windoze > or..., across a network. In the context of X, it runs with a generic > bitmap "vncserver" and a viewer that can connect from anyware. And: > it's GPL'ed! I wouldn't expect too much difficulty in porting the > vncserver to gnuwin32, considering the stunts people on this list are > regularly performing with other programs. Then you could just run the > Win32 viewer connected to localhost. > The VNC has been ported to GNU Win32 by Valery Tulnikov, check: http://www.dol.ru/users/valtul However, Valery tells me that it is slow compared to an X server. And it adds another step into the process. You have to start the VNC server, then the VNC viewer, then start your client. It is an interesting concept, though. -- Arlindo da Silva dasilva@alum.mit.edu http://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/grads/win32/X11R6.3 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".