Bowie Bailey wrote:
On 4/26/2011 3:45 PM, Richard Mollel wrote:
--- On Tue, 4/26/11, Todd Cary todd@aristesoftware.com wrote:
What is the best VNC like application to install or use on the Linux server?
I would say install Xming. ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/) Once this is installed on windows, setup ssh session, with a command to run on server side (i.e. linux box) as either /usr/bin/gnome-session or /usr/bin/startkde (depending on your favorite dwm). Using single screen mode configuration, you get your remote gnome desktop on your windows side. No software to install on linux.
I have used Xming and it works fine on a LAN. It is painful over the Internet. The problem is that it just turns your Windows box into an X server and then streams all of the X traffic across the network.
NX performs MUCH better. On the LAN, you can't tell you are not on the local server, and over the Internet, the lag is barely noticeable most of the time.
Nomachine is the best solution. You are connected via SSH tunnel so you are protected. Also, you do not have to be logged on to Gnome/KDE to use it. And there is more. There is option to setup Java based NX server so you can access your GUI from web browser.
Ljubomir