On Thu, Dec 06, 2007, Brian Mathis wrote:
On Dec 6, 2007 5:05 PM, Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
I have been dragging my feet on remote display, and have just gotten VNC going to have SOMETHING to move off the start line. But I need the 'best' for different situations, so I want to rate them.
1 to 3 where 1 is the 'best' for the catagory and 3 the loser.
VNC RDESKTOP FREENXServer memory Server cpu client memory client cpu bandwidth
thanks. I AM search the net for this information. So far have not found the magic query request :)
There are numerous ways to remotely access a Linux machine, and honestly the "remote desktop" style that Windows uses is the worst of them. VNC, rdesktop, and freenx all replicate that method of access, where you basically get a picture of what would be on the monitor if you were sitting at it.
As was already mentioned, ssh is really the main way for remote access, but for people not familiar with Linux, there's no GUI and no mouse beyond copy/paste, so you may look for another solution.
The real *NIX way of accessing a graphical application remotely is by using a remote X desktop. It sounds strange if you're not familiar with it, but basically you run the 1 application on the remote server, and the application window (and only the application window), shows up on your local workstation. SSH provides a way to do this securely. The drawback is you will need an X server running on your local computer, but that can be had for free in Windows from cygwin.
I don't Do Windows(tm) so rarely have to deal with them. When working with Linux and other *nix systems, it's always through ssh with X11 forwarding for those rare occassions when I need to do something like run Firefox from a client's machine to access a router from their private LAN. That can get a bit clunky on slow connections, but it does work.
If I'm on a fast connection, I'll run the xterm on the remote system with ``ssh -f remotename xterm'', but if it's a slow connection ``xterm -e ssh remotename &'' to run the xterm on my local machine.
Once I get around to upgrading my Macs to Leopard, I may use the Apple remote desktop feature occassionally when I need to see what a client is doing on their desktop which should be faster than trying to talk them through a GUI on the phone.
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