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Vegan
May 19th, 2009, 12:23 AM
Right now I manage my server with a VT102 compatible terminal program, no problem.

I am aware of vnc to provide x-windows remote access. What terminal would I need to use it.

My current terminal client supports: VT100, VT102, VT282, VT320 & VT382.
justatemptest
May 19th, 2009, 01:08 AM
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=free+vnc+client+for+windows
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+setup+vnc+server+ubuntu
windependence
May 19th, 2009, 03:42 AM
You really shouldn't use VNC IMHO. Use ssh and forward your X applications OR use FreeNX or something else that encrypts your connection unless you are only using the machines on a LAN. Even then, I am not impressed with how often VNC gets hacked. You don't need any terminal emulation for GUI access. Terminal emulation is just that - emulating a terminal. It has nothing to do with remote access to a GUI. You best option is to bear down and learn your CLI.

-Tim
smeerbartje
May 19th, 2009, 03:59 AM
You really shouldn't use VNC IMHO. Use ssh and forward your X applications OR use FreeNX or something else that encrypts your connection unless you are only using the machines on a LAN. Even then, I am not impressed with how often VNC gets hacked. You don't need any terminal emulation for GUI access. Terminal emulation is just that - emulating a terminal. It has nothing to do with remote access to a GUI. You best option is to bear down and learn your CLI.

-Tim

Hi, can you please provide a short explanation how to forward X applications? Now I'm using FreeNX, but I would like to understand the other solutions as well.
Vegan
May 19th, 2009, 11:37 PM
I am competent with the bash CLI, its simply convenient to load a GUI for some tasks.
windependence
May 20th, 2009, 06:15 AM
Hi, can you please provide a short explanation how to forward X applications? Now I'm using FreeNX, but I would like to understand the other solutions as well.

It's pretty simple really:

ssh -X /path/to/application

You must have an X server running on your client machine though. There are some X servers for Windoze, and MacOS has one already built in as well as Linux if you installed X.

-Tim