RDEsktop/VNC questions

[Louis LeBlanc]

On 11/10/04 06:14 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed:
> Quick question about interconnectivity.
> 
> You OSX users may be familiar with a very slick little utility called
> RDC (Remote Desktop Connection).  Some of you other *BSDers may also be
> familiar with one called VNC (Visual Network Connection ?) or RDP (?).
> The purpose of said utilities is to provide a sort of graphical shell
> similar to an X session from a remote machine in a window.
> 
> There are several rdesktop and vnc clients in the ports, so rather than
> go through the flurry of install-tryout-uninstall/repeat, I figured I'd
> go to the place to ask questions.  Here.
> 
> So, who's using these clients, and how effective have you been finding
> them?  Any gotchas?  How cool is it?  Do they just plain suck?  And more
> to the point, which one(s) should I start with on the short list?
> 
> All feedback is welcome - and appreciated.
> Lou

Very cool feedback.  Thank you all.  I'll start looking into the
terminal service (it didn't get installed with W2K, but I haven't
checked out XP Pro yet) and use VNC in the meantime.  I'll be using it
to write Word docs mostly, and if it's efficient enough, I might just
see how well Escape Velocity works (I know, probably not at all).
Network security isn't an issue because it's all my personal network
behind a firewall.

Thanks again.
Lou
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