[NTLUG:Discuss] a new use for vmware
J. Reeves Hall
reeves at earthling.net
Wed Apr 19 22:30:21 CDT 2000
> alh wrote:
>
> I was thinking....
> --duck every body--
>
> that since vmware sends its output to X couldnt it do it over tcp/ip
> as well?
>
> then you could run windows 9x apps remotely on a win Xclient
> and have a kind of obese thin-client topography...maybe
I've done it before. I accessed my X desktop across Georgia Tech's
campus network with a VNC client for NT. VMWare's display updates were
SLOOOOOOOW, but it worked.
I don't see it as being practical though. It used a lot of bandwidth,
and WMWare+Win98=$$$.
-Reeves
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