MLUG: Re: [MLUG] xdmcp/gdm
Re: [MLUG] xdmcp/gdm
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What is the advantage to doing this instead of using VNC?

Mike


On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Michael wrote:

> If you have Cygwin w/ XWindow installed it should be as easy as
> configuring xdm, gdm, or kdm (I use gdm) on your server to accept
> connections (like change one line in the config file) and open the ports
> to your LAN. Then the command bellow should connect you to like gdm such
> that it looks almost exactly like you're logging in locally to th
> server.
>
> This is not encrypted though and lacks specialized caching and so forth
> that VNC might offer so it may have downsides to consider also. I think
> XWindow on Windows is slower than on Linux too which you may notice if
> you don't have a fast system.
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