[Klug-general] Confusing initials

[Karl Latimer]

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 14:00 +0100, Mike Rentell wrote:
> Hi gang,
> 
> This week's edition of PC Plus magazine (now in revolutionary two part 
> format!) has a project to install what is called Virtual Network 
> Computing (VNC). Programs like tightVNC are supplied on the DVD for 
> client and server. All for Windoze of course.
> 
> I have Mandriva 2007 Free on my desktop computer and the networking 
> options include some programs for Virtual Private Networking (VPN).
> 
> My question is - are these two things the same? Will the tightVNC on my 
> laptop under Windows2000 talk to a VPN server running under Linux?

Yes. Simple as that.

For mandriva, if you're in gnome you should have Vino which is a VNC
server built right into the desktop platform.

K,