RE: RDEsktop/VNC questions

From: Matthew T. Lager (freebsd_at_trinetworks.com)
Date: 11/11/04

  • Next message: Jules Gilbert: "[Fwd: Re: I did it, and now I need to undo it...]" 
    Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:56:10 -0800 (PST)
To: "Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract)" <thad.butterworth@hp.com>

    Hmm, I havn't used it with Windows 2003 server yet, good to know. Thanks!

    >
    >
    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    >> [mailto:owner-freebsd->questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc
    >>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:15 PM
    >>To: FreeBSD Questions
    >>Subject: RDEsktop/VNC questions
    >>
    >>Quick question about interconnectivity.
    >>
    >>You OSX users may be familiar with a very slick little utility called
    >>RDC (Remote Desktop Connection). Some of you other *BSDers may also be
    >>familiar with one called VNC (Visual Network Connection ?) or RDP (?).
    >>The purpose of said utilities is to provide a sort of graphical shell
    >>similar to an X session from a remote machine in a window.
    >>
    >>There are several rdesktop and vnc clients in the ports, so rather than
    >>go through the flurry of install-tryout-uninstall/repeat, I figured I'd
    >>go to the place to ask questions. Here.
    >>
    >>So, who's using these clients, and how effective have you been finding
    >>them? Any gotchas? How cool is it? Do they just plain suck? And more
    >>to the point, which one(s) should I start with on the short list?
    >>
    >>All feedback is welcome - and appreciated.
    >>Lou
    >>--
    >>Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org
    >>Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :)
    >>http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ
    >>
    >>Pickle's Law:
    >> If Congress must do a painful thing,
    >> the thing must be done in an odd-number year.
    >>_______________________________________________
    >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
    >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
    >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to
    >> "freebsd-questions->unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
    >
    >
    > I've used the rdesktop client for connecting to a Windows 2003 Server
    > (/usr/ports/net/rdesktop). I wasn't that impressed but then again it could
    > have been a PEBKAC situation. I could not get the screen resolution of the
    > Windoze 2003 server to go anything beyond 640x480 and it looked horribly
    > grainy. Other than that, it did actually connect and allowed me to do all
    > that I needed to. I just couldn't handle the graphic element, which again
    > may have been more a user issue than an issue with the program. Other than
    > that, I have used the Windows RDC programs and they work ok.
    >
    > Thad
    >
    > _______________________________________________
    > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
    > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
    > To unsubscribe, send any mail to
    > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
    >
    >

    _______________________________________________
    freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
    http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
    To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"

  • Next message: Jules Gilbert: "[Fwd: Re: I did it, and now I need to undo it...]"