Maybe I am just biased towards !machine, but I found the installation of thsi product more straightforward (admittedly a subjective viewpoint, influenced by previous experiences) and found the end result to behave more like a local X session than an emulation. I alaso believe that the performance is better, but this could be influenced by not comparing simialr spec environments. Can't really remember as I installstopped using VNC when I located !machine and have no intention of going back. I admit that my opinions are probably subjective and possibly biased, but it is an alternative to VNC, which was what the subject line asked for. Mike <div>On 1/25/06, Billy Verreynne (JW) <<a href="mailto:VerreyB@telkom.co.za">VerreyB@telkom.co.za</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Mike Kenny wrote: >in the past I have looked at VNC and found it a bit cumbersome. <snipped> In what way Mike? I have used VNC for about 10 years now on all kinds of platforms and it is as simple as downloading the tar/zip for that platform, installing it (which is usually just a simply untar) and then using it. Also with the small protocol footprint, I could run VNC in a lot less painful fashion over SLIP and 56K PPP dialup than using X natively. -- Billy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited e-mail legal notice available at <a href="http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF"> http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF</a> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>