Actually, i tend to use X for remote administration (through ssh -X ;-), and to connect to Windows machines with vnc. I shall admi, though, that VNC has some advantages (or not, from your point of view) the main being that you can connect to an already running graphical environment which will survive your vnc session. X applications, on the other side, will run on demand from your X server. I favoru X for being more secure (through ssh forwarding) although tightvnc should be there... Alle 18:53, sabato 22 gennaio 2005, lerninlinux@comcast.net ha scritto:
While I realize VNC can be used on multiple os's, I saw a snip of an article that POed me. It claimed that you couldn't graphically remotely administer a Linux machine before VNC. I assume it was a newbie (as am I), but one who didn't know about X, or Webmin, and came from a PC Anywhere background. I have used VNC at my brothers, but haven't messed with x remotely; what are the benefits/limitations of either, relating to a Linux installation. Has anyone messed with X remotely going either way from a X.org machine to Xfree or vice versa.
Trying to learn from others mistakes before I fiddle TIA Randal