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Fri, 09 Jan 2004
Bye, bye VNC.
Danny Ayers posted on the Joy of VNC. I found it ironic that he's installing it, because I've been using it for the last 3 years, and today I turned it off for my linux boxes. The reason: X11.app. I have an X server right here on the Powerbook. So instead of opening a VNC window that swallows my screen (I like them big), I just ssh forward X and open multi-gnome-terminal, emacs, WingIDE, whatever, right on the Mac. I get cut and paste between X apps and Mac apps -- didn't have that on VNC. X integrates with CodeTek's Virtual Desktop, so virtual desktops are there, and the X windows are of course managed by Expose. The only drawback is that VNC sessions can be opened and closed multiple times without restarting the X server -- you keep your desktop state. Not so with what I'm doing now. So I may revisit VNC later, but right now, I've closed the windows and killed the server. If you're gonna use it, you want TightVNC.
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Heh, yep, nice irony.
X11.app does sounds a gem, I'd really like that kind of immediacy, although as you probably gathered from my post, dirty ol' VNC is a big step forward for me.
I'm unlikely to be changing from Win2k to a different OS on my main laptop anytime in the near future (though it's never been closer). But when time permits I'll have a nosey round to see if I can find something better - I'm now wondering if Cygwin's XServer might do the trick. (Currently downloading TightVNC btw, thanks).
In the meantime I'll just continue feeling Mac-envy...
Posted by Danny at Sat Jan 10 00:44:30 2004
X11.app does sounds a gem, I'd really like that kind of immediacy, although as you probably gathered from my post, dirty ol' VNC is a big step forward for me.
I'm unlikely to be changing from Win2k to a different OS on my main laptop anytime in the near future (though it's never been closer). But when time permits I'll have a nosey round to see if I can find something better - I'm now wondering if Cygwin's XServer might do the trick. (Currently downloading TightVNC btw, thanks).
In the meantime I'll just continue feeling Mac-envy...
Posted by Danny at Sat Jan 10 00:44:30 2004
I've found cygwin's XServer to work great on windows 2000. I used it alot when i had a win2k desktop at work. Now that i've converted to gentoo I dont' use it so much but i found it invaluable when i needed it :)
Posted by Darryl VanDorp at Sat Jan 10 08:53:09 2004
Posted by Darryl VanDorp at Sat Jan 10 08:53:09 2004
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