[CS-FSLUG] Hacker...Me

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

UltraVNC ( http://www.ultravnc.com ) is the best I've seen under XP.  
Under Vista, all I would use is RDP, there is an RDP client for Linux 
which works well.

J.E.B.

> Thanks, that's a start at the three projects, and perhaps the most
> pressing project as my wife didn't like MagicJack until she saw the
> screen display of the phone book.  Now she wants it in every room....I
> think I created a "Frankenstein"
>
> OK, I'm game, as the guy said just before the Aggie shot him.
>
> I went to CNR and installed xtightvncviewer.  I then did a commandline
>  xtightvncviewer and it produced a screen with a dialog box and a
> cursor and a logo at the top, "VNC Server:".  Exactly what I do with
> that I dont know.
>
> Also I need to know where I get the VNC application that I install on
> the XP machine.  Is that something that comes with XP or is it a third
> party application?  I did a search on the XP machine for "VNC" and
> found nothing under that either within the file or in the name of the
> file.
>
> Once both are installed, where do I find directions on how to use them?
>
> On 1/27/09, Robert Wohlfarth <rbwohlfarth at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" <jim.isbell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  > 1b) Also involved with this project is trying to figure out how to
>>  > use my desktop running Freespire 2.0 Linux to connect to the
>>  > telephone server on the LAN so that I can use my keyboard and monitor
>>  > to operate the XP computer by remote.  Maybe not possible as I have
>>  > never been able to get the Linux computer to interface with my wife's
>>  > XP PC either.  Maybe there is some software that will pull the two
>>  > together???
>>
>>
>> VNC is always a good option. Install a VNC server on XP. Make sure you
>>  run it as a service. Then access XP from Linux using a VNC client.
>>  xtightvncviewer works pretty well.
>>
>>  --
>>  Robert Wohlfarth
>>  rbwohlfarth at gmail.com
>>
>>  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love
>>  him, who have been called according to his purpose. -- Romans 8:28
>>
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