Re: baracuda/vnc in f9?

[Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com>]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 07:57:01PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 10:22:47AM +0000, Mike C wrote:
> > Please can someone update me on the current status of vnc, or its replacement,
> > called baracuda, in f9.  I did not see it in the feature list for f9.
> > 
> > I wondered if this was simply a new package that would entirely replace the
> > existing functionality that is provided by the current vnc?
> > 
> > Since I use vnc currently in F7/F8 a lot, I would like to know if it will still
> > be possible to load a vnc module in xorg.conf so that the desktop is visible
> > prior to login to gnome or kde in f9 and beyond?
> > 
> > Is there a any url with the current status, apart from the TRAC page for
> > baracuda?
> 
> Well for the client side of things there's a much better VNC viewer in 
> the form of Vinagre which is the new GNOME viewer using GTK-VNC. Unlike
> any vncviewer code derived from RealVNC it actually integrates with and
> uses modern desktop capabilities - eg, gnome-keyring, avahi discovery,
> bookmarking of connections.
> 

Yes, RealVNC viewer is very poor ;)

Adam

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Adam Tkac, Red Hat, Inc.