Re: Semi-OT: VNC Alternatives.

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I'm trying to ease the pain of using Linux.
If I choose the tunnel-over-SSH with X-forwarding option, the first
Windows they'll see will be an empty terminal window instead of looking
at a full-blow-Windows-like UI.
I really don't want to scare them off.

Gilboa

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 09:48 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 09:16, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > I need help.
> > I'm trying to help my Windows-using-coworkers access my Linux (FC, CENT,
> > RHEL) farm from their Windows (yuck!) desktops and I'm a bit stuck.
> > 
> > My initial thought was VNC. I've created a couple of VNC accounts on
> > each server and configured each of accounts to run KDE.
> > Amazingly enough, the solution seem to be working just fine (considering
> > the number of active KDE sessions) but soon enough, I started getting
> > Windows client disconnect errors which do not seem to relate to server
> > load and/or network load. I tried alternating the Windows client (from
> > RealVNC to UltraVNC) the problem remained. Plus, VNC still has that
> > annoying lag, even on switched GbE network.
> > I tried cygwin/X based solution. But cygwin/X is getting severe tearing
> > and update problems  (both under SSH/tunneling and xdmcp session) which
> > renders it too unstable in my eyes.
> > Next came X-Deep32 which works ~OK when combined with SSH tunneling but
> > I can't seem to get it to create an xdmcp session.
> > 
> > I can go with the Uber-solution (get Exceed for each workstation) but I
> > rather not scare my boss with >500$ per workstation licensing fee. At
> > least not now.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > Gilboa
> 
> Do you need to provide an entire desktop?  Why not use X11 forwarding to
> just display the windows of the programs they need to access?  I used to
> do this on my laptop before I converted it to 100% linux.  You can use
> cygwin/X to do this.
> 
> Assuming also that this is over a LAN and that you are not trying to
> support this over WAN type links.  I run X11 forwarding over a WAN link
> when I travel.  It is a little slower but acceptable for things like
> evolution.  You should check the options for using compression, that can
> help sometimes with the perceived throughput and response time.
> 


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