[wellylug] nomachine

Simon . ahlee_youp at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 10 11:21:29 NZST 2004


>From: David Antliff <dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz>
>Reply-To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>Subject: Re: [wellylug] nomachine
>Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:56:57 +1200 (NZST)
>
>
>
> > >On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 20:42, Bill Christiansen wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>The nomachine server/client allows full gui remote access to a linux 
>box
> > >>desktop from anywhere on the net.
>
>The first time I read this I took a double-take - it sounded like some
>'1337 h4x0r t00l' until I checked the webpage.
>
>How is this different to VNC? Is it faster? How does it compare to
>rdesktop? Is it optimised for low-bandwidth connections? Does it have a
>sound server? Does it support multiple connections to a single desktop? I
>haven't tried it yet but I'm just curious what the driving factors are.
>
>--
>David.

And how well does it play with a rather restrictive firewall?

Simon

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