Re: [Sheflug] X server for windows

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
> From: "Chris J/#6" <sixie [at] nccnet.co.uk>
> 
> > VNC :)
> 
> Wow! That's pretty nifty.
> 
> atb
> 
> Martin

Good isn't it? :)

I use it at work to look after the company server, and have the Win32 server 
running on my Win95 machine so I can do things on it from another machine in 
the office should the need arise.

As a note, it's better to run the vncserver on UNIX and use the Win32 viewer 
rather than run the Win32 server and run the viewer on UNIX ... why? The X 
vncserver is a lot faster than the Win32 vncserver...see the FAQ for more 
info on why :)

Oh yeah, also didn't mention: the VNC server comes with a http interface 
which when connected to with a java enabled browser will mean you can control 
your machine without even having the viewer :) It's not brilliant (it is Java 
after all) but its good enough :)

Hints for a faster Win32 server -- knock the colour depth down to 8 bits (you 
do this from within the viewer...on the win32 viewer, the settings are 
accessed in the close box menu thingy (the one in the top left of the window, 
next to the window title)...dunno where on the UNIX viewer -- not used it 
much.

Chris...

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