[KLUG Members] X server display

[Bert]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

>>>>>>How easy is WinAxe to set up? That was a big part of VNC on Windows for
>>>>>>me -- dead simple install.
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>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.
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>>>How is performance?  I'm trying to picture a Java based X server.....  
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>>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!
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>Why not just enable Xvnc on the Linux server and use vncclient from the
>Win32 box.  Recent versions of VNC actually perform pretty well.
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Where do I get VNC, a quich search reveils a lot of vnc sites. Is it the 
one from sourceforge you tried or are more projects with the same name?
is there a  official vnc site?

Bert