realvnc, ultravnc, tightvnc

curos · 09-02-2005, 04:47 AM

what's with all these vnc softwares? any recommendations on which is better? from what i quickly gathered. realvnc is corporate while tightvnc is open source. ultravnc is more for windows. so i'm thinking tightvnc is the best? I also heard some issues with speed among the two. Someone using a realvnc server but a tightvnc client? I'd like to hear you guys' opinions.

yowi · 09-02-2005, 05:27 AM

don't forget x2vnx
it's a great way to have windows and *nix screens on your desk and just the one kb/mouse

spooon · 09-02-2005, 05:34 AM

RealVNC (free edition) is the original. TightVNC is optimized for low-bandwidth. UltraVNC has lots of extra features for Windows. They are all under GPL. See this SlashDot article for more information (or lack thereof):
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/20/0132236

Sohni · 09-02-2005, 05:51 AM

But why not use FreeNX. You could just display one X11 application at a time and have better speed?

curos · 09-04-2005, 04:55 AM

i just googled freenx for a bit, and it sounds like it's better than vnc. I'll try it out, thanks for the tip!

syg00 · 09-04-2005, 05:33 AM

Ditto - I've been umming and ahhing on vnc for a while.
This might be worth a look.