On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> I'm looking to put a Linux box at my work for the employees to learn
> Linux and use it from their Windows NT machines at work, and for me -
> from home..
>
> I have tried VNC - but it seems that:
>
> 1. This program is not built to run for multiple users (you need to run
> for each one "vncserver")
indeed, it's for taking control over a single screen, much like
PCanywhere, not for remote access to apps.
> 2. It's SLOW - very slow over ISDN (64k) connection..
as any X application will be too. especially heavily graphic ones
(Emacs, Netscape...)
> I've looked a bit for a solution which will:
>
> 1. Run an X enviroment on NT
Exceed or Xwin-32
> 2. Can be used with multiple connection (in other words - built for
> multi users)
ofcourse. config your xdm to allow your clients' fixed IPs.
> 3. Can connect over modem/ISDN line.
any such solution will be very slow. you have been warned.
> So far I have found Starnet Xwin & Hummingbird exceed ..
yap...
> Anyone here with experiment with one of those programs? are they easy to
> configure? other alternatives?
XFree on a Linux box? :-)
--
Ira Abramov ; whois:IA58 ; www.scso.com ; all around Linux enthusiast
'Mounten' wird fuer drei Dinge benutzt: 'Aufsitzen' auf Pferde, 'einklinken'
von Festplatten in Dateisysteme, und, nun, 'besteigen' beim Sex.
(Christa Keil in a German posting: "Mounting is used for three things:
climbing on a horse, linking in a hard disk unit in data systems, and, well,
mounting during sex".)
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