Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 15:41:06 -0500 From: Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com> Subject: Re: VNC vs. X export Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10306011532100.27711-100000@pow>
On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> If I wanted to run a program on one computer, and display it on another, I
> could either run VNC or I could just export the X display. What are the
> relative merits of each approach?
X can display remotely on a program-by-program basis. VNC requires that
you export the entire display, desktop and all. Both can be tunnelled via
SSH.