newcomer questions - Real vs Tight and xf4vnc

[James Weatherall]

Daniel,

The standard VNC release (http://www.realvnc.com) includes a vnc.so module
that can be installed easily into an existing X server (see
http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/x0.html).  Alternatively, you can
just run "vncserver" to create a separate X desktop, accessible only via
VNC.

For most users, VNC 4 will outperform the old VNC 3 codebase, on which
TightVNC is based.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Rigden
> Sent: 02 August 2005 13:07
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: newcomer questions - Real vs Tight and xf4vnc
> 
> Hi
> 
> I want to use vnc to connect a Windows laptop to a Linux workstation
> over a broadband cable connection.  I have a couple of questions -
> 
> 1. Has anyone done a recent comparison of the speed of real and tight
> vncs?  The latest info in the archive that I could find suggested they
> were equally optimised.
> 
> 2. Is xf4vnc now a mature product that's reasonably easy to 
> install?  It
> seems to involve some fairly low-level fiddling which is a 
> bit scary for
> a non-systems person like myself but if the rewards are 
> sufficient I'll
> have a go.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help
> 
> Daniel
> 
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