Semi-OT: VNC Alternatives.

[Gilboa Davara]

Sadly enough, I have severe problems with Cygwin/X performance (slow as
hell) and stability (tearing, lack of updates when Windows moves, etc).

Gilboa

On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 11:23 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 03Nov2005 16:54, Gilboa Davara <gilboada at netvision.net.il> wrote:
> | 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.
> 
> If you really don't want to scare them off, running a rootless Cygwin/X server
> will let you pop up X client on their totally familiar Windows desktop.
> 
> Roll a few icons that ssh to the Linux box and run the GUI app pointed back
> at their Windows PC - the X11 forward will do this for you.
> 
> Or are you trying to entice them with a nice non-Windows desktop?
> -- 
> Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> DoD#743
> http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
> 
> Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
>       --H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
>