VNC vs Cygwin

[Douglas Denholm]

Nope, I am certainly not locked into Cygwin. I only just started using it...
What is VNC and where can I get the appropriate YDL and WinXP "bits'? (And
it doesn't, erh, cost money does it? ;)

TIA,

--Doug


> Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 05:37:15 -0600
> From: "bruce woller" <bwoller@qwest.net>
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: Using X Windows remotely from cygwin
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> 
> Douglas:
> Are you locked in to Cygwin?  If what you want is to display a YDL (or
> MacOS for that matter) Xsession back to your Windoze box why don't you
> try VNC.  Start the server on YDL and the viewer on Windows - establish
> a new connection, set your password and you have a complete Xsession.
> 
> FWIW,
> Bruce