connecting to x over phone lines

[NoOp]

On 11/20/2008 09:05 AM, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> Linda wrote:
>> Just wondering is there a way I can allow someone to connect via phone 
>> line and use x based programs from their home windows computers?
> 
> Others have recommended VNC. That's a better choice than straight X.
> Even better is FreeNX. With a very lightweight window manager, like
> fluxbox, it will work reasonably well. Anything that is more
> full-featured, like Gnome or KDE, will be painful on dial-up but quite
> acceptable on broadband.
> 

+1 on FreeNX/NX; Settings can be from modem up to LAN, and the Windows
client works exceptionally well.

For Linda:

http://www.nomachine.com/
  http://www.nomachine.com/download.php
http://freenx.berlios.de/
http://openfacts2.berlios.de/wikien/index.php/BerliosProject:FreeNX_-_FAQ
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/freenx/
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX
http://www.nomachine.com/ar/view.php?ar_id=AR12B00111
[Why use the NX Server software when I can use FreeNX available under an
OSS license?]