To: lwn@lwn.net, lwn@eklektix.com Subject: Debian in Action: Virtual Network Computing Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 14:33:58 -0400 From: Nils Lohner <lohner@typhoon.icd.teradyne.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Debian GNU/Linux In Action http://www.debian.org/ Virtual Network Computing September 10, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> has written an article about Virtual Network Computing. The article is available in German and English at <http://master.debian.org/~brinkmd/vnc/>. We would like to thank Tom Schwaller and the german Linux Magazin <http://www.linux-magazin.de/> for permission to make a translation of the article available. >> What is Virtual Network Computing? Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is, in essence, a remote display system which allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. [1] Debian packages are available for this program, and are included in the 2.0 'Hamm' distribution under the name 'vncserver' with 'xvncviewer' and 'svncviewer' dependencies. >> VNC: When Dreams Become Real Virtual Network Computing When Dreams Become Real [Wenn Trume wahr werden] by Marcus Brinkmann Isn't it annoying to continually have to switch back and forth between Linux and Microsoft Windows? Or to have to run back and forth between two computers? Those who thought that up until now the only solution to this problem was an expensive X-Server for their Windows machine can now take a deep breath. The recently available VNC (Virtual Network Computing) provides a comfortable alternative, and much more! <http://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgabe.1998.06/VNC/vnc.html> [translated from german. august 25, 1998 nl] >> Sources [1] VNC web page <http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/> -- Nils Lohner E-Mail: lohner@debian.org Debian Press Contact Press: press@debian.org