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Re: Remote linux desktop access



Roberto C. Sanchez writes:
> Now, if you are interedted in getting an entire desktop session (and not
> just one or two apps) across an SSH connection, then you need to look
> into something like VNC.

No.  "An entire desktop session", including a window manager, is just a
bunch of "apps" as far as X is concerned.  _Everything_ except the X server
can be running on remote hosts.  That's how Xterminals (aka "thin clients")
work.
-- 
John Hasler



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