On Monday 27 December 2004 22:20, Michael J. Pawlowsky wrote: > Ryan D'Baisse wrote: > > Am I missing something or is THIS what VNC consists of? If this > > really is all that VNC has to offer then why would I use VNC instead > > of SSH? > > It's basically a remote X. > Put whatever you want to startup in your ~/.vnc/xstartup file. > > If you want a gnome-session, put that into it. > If you only wanted an xclock, you can have that. > > This is a Linux environment... you make it into whatever you want it > to be... You only want a term... you can have that... you want a > flashy desktop, which a bunch of applets etc, you can have that. > > Vivre la difference! Linux gives you the choice! > > > Mike Also, one should add that KDE has a internal vnc server (reachable through the control panel) that will share the session you're currently logged in. Gnome can do the same under the preferences -> Remote Desktop... Both of these can be accessed with a vnc viewer easily. Peter.