[ale] vmware remote display vs vnc on the ubuntu box vs xming on my Windoze machine

[JD]

On 05/27/2011 11:13 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> JD  thank you for that great answer.
>  
> Here is the setup.
>  
> Work PC runs Win7 64 bit with 12GB RAM.  On this box I run VMWare
> Workstation 7 which runs Ubuntu 11.04 64bit version.
> Runs fine.
>  
> Home Laptop runs Win7 32 bit with 3GB RAM.  I connect from this laptop
> to the VMWare Ubuntu11.04 I just mentioned above.
>  
> Currently the mode of connections is VNC client on my Laptop to the VM.
>  
> I am trying to configure XMing on the laptop and use Putty to connect to
> the VM in the WorkPlace.  I want to use Putty to do X-Forwarding and
> thats where I am trying to get suggestions.
>  
> Your input on running PuppyLinux inside a VM on the Laptop  is very
> interesting and can help me avoid XMing.
> Running PuppyLinux within a VM on my laptop might work, but does it work
> well with only 512Mb of RAM well ?
>  
> I will give it a shot for the PuppyLinux stuff.  Is XDMCP almost like
> VNC ? (lets keep aside security for a second) as in it runs the app on
> the Work VM but projects display back to the VM on the home Laptop VM.
>  
> If I disconnect the XDMCP session is the app running on the remote box
> going to run even after I disconnect XDMCP ?

This is a WAN connection.  Using X/Windows over a WAN connection won't
be enjoyable. Even over very fast WAN links, X/Windows doesn't work
well. Forget about it over home broadband connections. I'm positive that
I mentioned that.  You want FreeNX.

http://blog.jdpfu.com/2010/09/07/running-remote-desktops-and-remote-applications

Puppy runs in 128MB of RAM.  TinyCore runs in 64MB of RAM, but both of
these would provide an X/Server - - over the WAN, that will not be
acceptable.

Forget about Putty. You don't need it unless there's something else you
haven't explained ...