XFree86

[Alan Cox]

> X-Free86 and remote control my Winblows box with VNC in 24 bit depth.  I'd 
> like to only use 8 bit from Windows to speed things up a bit, 
> but I can't make X-Free86 run both a 8bit and 24 bit server concurrently.

You can do this by running two copies of X on different virtual consoles
in Linux, which is not ideal. Some Xservers do now support split visuals
but they do this in software so little changes. You can use the 
-bgr233 option on vncviewer

Alan