Semi-OT: VNC Alternatives.

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 09:03, Scot L. Harris wrote:

> I'm not running windows on my laptop anymore but have several launchers
> (icons) that I can just click to start various applications that
> actually run on remote systems.  No need to get a command line window to
> start those applications.

An interesting variation on this (assuming you started Cygwin X in
-multiwindow mode) is to start nautilus in your first window.  Then
you get a window showing your Linux desktop minus the gnome menus,
but able to start any launchers you have placed there - which you
can do by simply dragging them off the gnome menu when you have
a normal login.  You can arrange the launchers in folders or place
a symlink there pointing to some pre-built set of launchers (handy
for setting up a large group).  When you double-click the launcher
a new window opens on the desktop for the application.

A related question: is it possible to execute just the gnome menu
or task bar in a remote window?  Sometimes I'd like to park just the
menu buttons from several different machines on my desktop so I can
execute anything/anywhere without having to build launchers in the
file systems.  Or is there already a location where nautilus would
display this?

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  Les Mikesell
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