[Cialug] "screen" for X

James Shoemaker james at dhlake.com
Mon Aug 1 16:33:22 CDT 2005


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Paul Gray wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 03:52:00PM -0500, James Shoemaker wrote:
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>>	VNC is frame-buffer based instead of application based like X, so it is
>>much less useful.
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> 
> VNC isn't "frame-buffer based."  It has nothing to do with frame-buffers.
> 
from the realvnc web-site:

The VNC protocol is a simple protocol for remote access to graphical
user interfaces.   It is based on the concept of a remote framebuffer or
RFB.

sounds frame-buffer based to me.

James
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