[mdlug] A big opportunity for Linux?

[Ron Blanchett]

if you are remoting from linux to windows why not just use RDP via
rdesktop on linux, if you only need one app look for seamlessrdp. If
you are going from windows to linux and you only need one or two apps
use xming.

All this talk about using vnc over ssh on a local network is over
kill. I understand it if you are accessing a remote system over the
internet but then you should just look for one of the versions of VNC
that has encryption built in instead of cramming VNC over SSH and
making the VNC connection that much more bogged down and choppy.

-Ron

On 11/20/07, Carl T. Miller <millerc at cantonpl.org> wrote:
> Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> > Right, VNC is great for forwarding a whole desktop. For forwarding a
> > single app (i.e. less band width required) Putty won't do it to windows,
> > no local X display. I floated the idea of a small footprint Linux in a
> > virtual machine to provide a local x display. What do you suggest?
>
> I missed the part about the virtual machine.  You're right that
> there is no free and easy answer that does everything, as far as
> I know.
>
> It's a lot easier to use putty and the Windows version of VNCviewer,
> although it does mean you'll get the entire desktop.  If bandwidth
> is a concern, I believe that VNC can be configured to use less data
> for screen updates than what x can.  Also I think it is possible to
> use compression in the ssh tunnel to improve really slow connections.
>
> Is it worth the extra requirements to set up a virtual environment,
> create a virtual machine, install an entire OS, and then run a single
> app inside a window inside the virtual machine?  It depends on what
> you're doing.  However, if I did want to run a single app in its own
> window, I wouldn't want a virtual machine.  I would look into getting
> a good x-server for Windows.  The good ones aren't cheap, which is why
> I like the putty/vnc connection at the price of getting a full desktop.
>
> Of course, it would be possible to customize such a desktop so that
> only one application runs and the connection is dropped when the app-
> lication closes, but I haven't had the need to set up such a desktop.
>
> c
>
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