Bug#650394: RFP: tigervnc -- High-speed Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : tigervnc
Version : 1.1.0
Upstream Author : http://www.tigervnc.com/
* URL : http://www.tigervnc.com/
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: C, C++
Description : High-speed Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual
Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and
interact with graphical applications on remote machines. TigerVNC provides the
levels of performance necessary to run 3D and video applications, and it
attempts to maintain a common look and feel and re-use components, where
possible, across the various platforms that it supports. TigerVNC also provides
extensions for advanced authentication methods and TLS encryption.
I am somewhat a heavy VNC user and I have been test-driving upstream's binary
build with VirtualGL on the server side for more than a month now. I am so far
extremely satisfied with its performance (was able to play HD youtube video
remotely without any major slugishness, and use some opengl quite smoothly) and
stability. It would be great to get tigervnc into Debian to replace aged
alternatives. Some relevant discussion was done at
http://bugs.debian.org/581039
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