[Gloucs] RealVNC Vs TightVNC
Scarby
Scarby at anllp.co.uk
Wed Aug 19 07:24:06 UTC 2009
or maybe ultraVNC perchance?
as far as realVNC not a big fan of the whole free (GPL) vs enterprise
(commercial extras), especially when the enterprise features are
available in free GPL'd alternatives (encryption being a huge issue for
me, file transfer is also quite useful in certain situations.)
Adam Scarborough
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 08:03:05AM +0100, Glyn Davies wrote:
>
>> Forgot to ask last night.
>>
>> RealVNC or TightVNC.
>>
>> But which is better.
>>
>> Only one way to find out. FIGHT!!!!
>>
>> Seriously, is one better than the other either technically or
>> 'politically' (e.g. better open source credentials)?
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards
>> Glyn Davies
>>
>>
>
> RealVNC was the first "fork" from the original Cambridge AT&T labs when
> they folded IIRC.
>
> TightVNC - as it's name suggests - has had some speed improvements made
> and may be a slightly more efficient codebase.
>
> Both essentially identical and interoperable. TightVNC originally
> optimised for low bandwidth.
>
> AndyC
>
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