detach/reattach remote GUI applications?

[Luke Dean]

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006, Eric Schuele wrote:

> On 11/12/06 18:37, Luke Dean wrote:
>> 
>> I run a headless server and I've become fond of using the "screen" utility 
>> with SSH to allow me to launch a text-based application, detach from it, 
>> and then reattach to it later to see how it's going.
>> 
>> I'm wondering if there's a tool I can use that would allow me to do that 
>> with GUI applications. 
>
> Could this be of use?
>  http://www.tightvnc.com/

Yes!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for.  I used VNC with 
Windows years ago and it never occurred to me that it might be available 
on other platforms.  Thanks for putting me on the right track.

Luke