On Wednesday 21 March 2007, Roger wrote: > <snip> > > >Over dialup, the only recommendation with the possibility of > > decent performance is NX connecting to X11vnc - not Xnvc. x11vns > > shares the desktop, unlike normal Xvnc. > > > >Of course, this means you need Linux or Solaris on one machine, > > the client can be Windows or Mac. > > > >I've run Scribus remotely via NX from Europe <> USA for more than > > two years over DSL and it simply rocks. I've even demo'd Scribus > > with a live audience using this. > >Peter > > </snip> > > Wow this looks good. > I run Linux exclusively, FC4 and Ubuntu Breezy and Edgy. > What's NX ? > I can get the remote user (currently xp but moving to Ubuntu Edgy) > to dial in to my machine if that's the way to go or would I dial > into the remote machine ?. They could see what I an doing, could > they not? > The people concerned are basic computer users so I will need to > walk them slowly thru the process to get it up and running. > > I've never done this before and would appreciate basic info on > what's needed and how to go about it, etc. > I'm giving Ubuntu Edgy to others who want it. I take it that the > above may also work with Open Office which would open yet another > set of training possiblilities from my end. > > Another question, Do we have Scribus for xp. I have another > interested user with a new xp machine and if the above process > works it could be helpful with this one also. > > Kind regards and thanks > Roger >
Info on NX is here: http://nomachine.com Please be aware for Scribus at least, there are some *buntu issue with Scribus. See: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Getting_Scribus_on_Ubuntu/Kubuntu_up_and_running Peter
