[mdlug] sharing a remote desktop between two remote users

[David Lee Lambert]

It's possible to write an X windows program to talk to multiple servers at
once,  so that people can interact with it from multiple displays.  Emacs is
the only one I'm familiar with that actually takes advantage of that
feature.

VNC is great for actually sharing a desktop with someone,  but if a single
person is interacting with a graphical program on a remote server,
sometimes X over ssh (or X over ssh without compression, or X over straight
TCP;  gnome still has an XDMCP server) gives a better experience.  For one
thing,  you don't get the window-in-a-window effect.



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