On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Matt Graham <
danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
> From: Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com>
>> No MAC. Two Linux boxes and 1 Windows XP box. Is there a way to
>> make it so that I can have the desktop of the other computer on
>> another or else is this all text?
> [snip]
>
> That's a bit of a different question, and has nothing to do with NFS. This is
> more like "remote access". There are a bunch of ways; here are the most
> popular:
>
> VNC/TightVNC : Totally cross-platform, tested, stable, etcetera. On 'Doze,
> TightVNC Server will, if run, make the 'Doze desktop available to clients. On
> Linux, you want x11vncserver or its GUIfied/friendly counterparts KDE Desktop
> Sharing or the GNOME equivalent (vino?). Many clients exist. Pick your
> favorite; they usually have "vnc" in their name somewhere. NOTE: vncserver
> and tightvncserver create a virtual Display instead of sharing an
> already-existing Display.
>
> Windows Desktop Sharing : A 'Doze box can share its desktop to remote clients.
> There's a Linux client called rdesktop that works pretty well. Last I
> checked, there was a proof-of-concept Linux server that didn't work all that
> well, so this is pretty much one-way only.
>
> NXServer : Proprietary free as in beer, but quite fast over low-bandwidth
> links. It's a bit of a pain to set up. It works well once it's been set up.
>
> X11 : Can be used, usually isn't, since most modern X servers are started with
> -nolisten tcp , and GTK+ apps tend to behave badly when not able to connect to
> a local X socket.
>
> sshing to a Linux box is usually much faster than dragging a GUI around. But
> there are ways if you really need them. Don't forget that you can "ssh -Y
> remotehost xclient" to ssh to remotehost, then tunnel X over ssh, so that
> xclient is running on remotehost, but displaying on your local Display, which
> may be useful in some cases.
>
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