Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 4/26/2011 3:45 PM, Richard Mollel wrote: >> --- On Tue, 4/26/11, Todd Cary <todd at 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