[ Thanks to Harry for
this link. ]
“VNC lets you work on a remote Windows machine from a Linux
machine, and vice versa, either over your network or by using a
browser”
“Have you heard of pcAnywhere from Symantec? Among other things,
this software lets you remotely control Windows machines. In other
words, you can control a remote machine’s desktop from your
machine. A software called VNC, or Virtual Network Computing, lets
you do the same thing for Linux and Windows. You can control the
desktop of a remote Windows machine from a Linux machine, and a
remote Linux X Window desktop from a Windows machine. A
Windows-Windows or Linux-Linux connection is also possible. VNC
is absolutely free, source code et al. We’ve given the
software in the cdromvnc directory of this month’s CD for you to
try out.”
“VNC is based on client-server architecture, where a server
runs on the machine whose desktop you want to view remotely. This
server is called WinVNC for Windows (Win 9x/ME/NT/2k) and vncserver
in Linux. The server is accessed using a client program called
vncviewer.”
“VNC servers and clients are also available for the Mac OS and
for Windows CE (for handhelds), as well as for some non-Intel
platforms. Readt he documentation provided on the CD and browse the
site www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ to download these. The
documentation also tells you about various customization and other
options for VNC servers and clients, making them a must-read.”