[SC.LUG] What a knowledgeable bunch!

[Greg Bolshaw]

russ.lunn wrote:

Firstly, please don't top quote. Conversational quoting is the accepted 
method for mailing lists - it makes thread much easier to follow.

 > that idea about using cygwin as an X server. does anyone know of
 > any idiots guides to getting that working? ive been using vnc but i
 > would like to try that idea, as i use cygwin most of the time for
 > rxvt!

Take a look at http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html.

> what are the pro's and cons of this way over vnc?

_For_
  - Faster than VNC when used unencrypted (i.e. not tunnelled over SSH). 
With VNC, the entire screen/window has to be redrawn. With X, only text 
is sent. (Same way MS Terminal Services works).

_Against_
  - Doesn't save sessions when you disconnect. With VNC you can close 
the connection, open it again and everything is as you left it.

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