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Old 02-22-2005, 10:22 AM   #1
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which is the best software for controlling remote desktop of linux from windows. I have came to know about vnc but is there another best software for this purpose?
and which protocol xp uses for its remote desktop sharing program?
 
Old 02-22-2005, 10:33 AM   #2
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i've found TightVNC to be very nice:

http://www.tightvnc.org/

anyways, i think that rdesktop speaks microsoft's remote desktop protocol (RDP) natively:

http://www.rdesktop.org/

just my two cents...

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Old 02-22-2005, 12:20 PM   #3
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win32sux what are the settings of your TightVNC , so that i can have an idea what will be the best settings to run it either to show it the current desktop or a new desktop.
and also help me in some useful parameters that you thing are good I know that i can read all this from its man page but I want your experience
 
  


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