[SunRescue] 'X' software to connect MS Windows to Solaris?

[Eric Hall]

Brian Dunbar wrote:

> I'm looking for the best solution to connect Windows NT desktops to a series
> of Solaris workstations . . can anyone recommend software for such?
>
> The company solution is PC-Xware, but I'm becoming disenchanted with it's
> propensity to crash, and carry the desktop with it (when the service GPFs,
> the entire desktop craters and the end-user must logout - frustrating).
> I've downloaded a thing called HOBLink, which works, but I can't tell how
> well until we buy the entire package.
>
> Background - we're a PCB design firm, 60-40 NT-Solaris.  The 'trend' is to
> migrate the Solaris boxes to a rack, give everyone NT on the desktop, and
> make them use an X-Server (client) software to connect to the unix.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian

VNC works pretty well. Although IMHO it's not very secure. But for
a local network, it works fine, and it's free:

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

Eric Hall


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