[KLUG Members] X server display

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> >>>>How easy is WinAxe to set up? That was a big part of VNC on Windows for
> >>>>me -- dead simple install.
> >>>Pretty easy. Install and run, for the most part. It's got some funky 
> >>>settings that you won't need. All you really need to do is run default 
> >>>settings and use your SSH tunnel.  I can provide more assistance if 
> >>>necessary, but inasmuch as I don't have many windows boxes around anymore, 
> >>>I might be a touch rusty.
> >>I recently downloaded weirdx from http://www.jcraft.com/weirdx. It's a 
> >>java x window server. It should be possible to run it from within a 
> >>browser, haven't tested that so far.
> >How is performance?  I'm trying to picture a Java based X server.....  
> Its, slow...
> once connect, things seems to speed up but you have to be patient. Its 
> must ideal if you want to "un-haste" youself :-)
> I wanted to use it for running evolution remotely.  Ideas for running 
> remote evolution are greatly appreciated!

Why not just enable Xvnc on the Linux server and use vncclient from the
Win32 box.  Recent versions of VNC actually perform pretty well.