[UFO Chicago] remote desktop software

[Eric Ellington]

I would recommend VNC. VNC was the first remote desktop program I used
on windows, it was easy to set up and worked great. However, I used
VNC when it was still a free product from ATT. Googling VNC shows up
many variants of VNC, but I am not familiar with all of the variants
available today. Hopefully someone else can recommend one.

When you start to know more about Linux remotely accessing machines
using SSH is great, and you can start remote X sessions to use a
remote desktop. I think VNC is a great place to start though, at least
it was for me.

Eric

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:46 AM, John Bulger <johnbulger at uicalumni.org> wrote:
> First off, I am not a programmer or system administrator, just a user. I do
> have an interest in migrating from Windows to one of the free UNIX style
> operating systems. Thus, the reason that I came across and subscribed to the
> mailing list.
>
> That said, I was looking into the possibility of using something like VNC to
> operate a desktop machine remotely on a lightweight, low cost laptop. My
> hope is that this way I can purchase the best hardware most cost effectively
> and still enjoy mobility. Anyway, I came across the site below:
>
> http://ask.metafilter.com/60688/What-are-the-limitations-of-current-remote-desktop-applications
>
> I would like to invite anyone interested to provide their own comments.
> Those on the site are more than a couple of years old and assume that
> Windows XP is being used. I personally would prefer recommendations based on
> UNIX, if that makes any difference. Some on the site would suggest using
> Microsoft's Remote Desktop. I may decide to maintain a copy of Windows on a
> partition of my machine, in which case Remote Desktop may be considered an
> option I suppose and comments on that are also welcome.
>
> LogMeIn and UltraVNC appear to be the other favorites. Hamachi, an add-on to
> LogMeIn was also recommended for avoiding any issues with firewalls though
> someone also suggests that they may just as easily be avoided by using a
> non-standard port for RDP and VNC clients. Again, anyone care to agree or
> disagree?
>
> Finally, if anyone wishes to recommend a laptop suitable for this purpose,
> please let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
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