Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Fri Oct 28 11:03:49 CDT 2005


On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 04:39:54PM +0200, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> On vr, 2005-10-28 at 07:17 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > One of the VNC implementations is probably your best bet. 
> 
> I disagree, FreeNX works fine on Ubuntu and uses a much more efficient
> protocol than vnc. (read that as: responsive desktop over low-bandwidth
> links).

There is more to consider than bandwidth efficiency, especially since the
systems in question are presumably on a LAN.

For example:

> The only problem is that there are no official Ubuntu packages yet, but
> breezy-fied kanotix packages work.

(VNC is much simpler to get up and running)

-- 
 - mdz



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