[Cialug] Rdp server for linux

Theron Conrey theron at conrey.org
Thu Jul 14 15:33:52 CDT 2005


I use tight VNC at work for some interesting applications, and it's come
out on top of ultravnc as far as perfomance and ultra is only slightly
better on the bandwidth. I never use the java side of vnc for reasons
mentioned in this thread.
Theron


chris129 at cs.iastate.edu wrote:

>Yea, I found tight unbareable on DSL to Iowa State and on Mediacom to Iowa
>State.  I was using pretty aggressive jpeg compression too :/.  I was also
>using full screen editors and switching files often (it was a java program
>which is a huge strike).
>It's probably the Java that made it unusable.  My understanding is that Java
>uses only window level mechanisms in X and supplies ALL its own widgets with no
>relations to X.
>
>
>Quoting Don Cady <donc5 at mchsi.com>:
>
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>>I find TightVNC bearable if the server side has (at least) DSL. UltraVNC is 
>>supposed to be fairly good too.
>>
>>Don
>>
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>>>That'd be nice to have.  Course, by the time anyone finishes it internet 
>>>may be
>>>fast enough for VNC to be bareable (mine would be if I didn't have the 
>>>cheap
>>>DSL).
>>>
>>>
>>>Quoting "Nathan C. Smith" <smith at ipmvs.com>:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Anybody know of an rdp server for linux?  I serarched for something and I
>>>>keep finding the same mail list archive hinting that it may be getting
>>>>worked on.
>>>>
>>>>-nate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>_*_ 
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