Which VNC Software Is Best?

Futurepower(R) writes "Which VNC software do you think is best, and why? There are several free programs, for example, TightVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC, and TridiaVNC. Or, is it better to pay for VNC software, like Tridia VNC Pro or Radmin? Which is fastest, most secure, and the least hassle? Which has video resolution scaling of the remote desktop?"

Obviously

[Anonymous Coward]

UltraVNC [sourceforge.net] because their website has a picture of a girl.

Actually

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

I'd go for the first to support OS/2.

VNC??

[Mori Chu]

I wouldn't use any of em; can't trust the VNC. Lousy Vemocrats!!!

Re:Obviously

[Anonymous Coward]

> UltraVNC because their website has a picture of a girl.

Since when does VNC have anything to do with mythological creatures?

gpl

[wikinerd]

The first question is which VNC programs are GPL. This is the most important factor in finding the best VNC out there.

Pinky

[Anonymous Coward]

Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Uh... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?

Re:UltraVNC

[magefile]

THus it's the only one that doesn't need to poll the hell out of your computer ... Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Narf, I think so Brain, but where are we going to get enough punchcard ballot machines for all the voters in Florida by midnight November 1st?

Re:VNC??

[DarkSkiesAhead]

Ah, another misguided Vepublican. When will you learn that the VOP is only helping out big business?

Re:UltraVNC

[shawn(at)fsu]

I agree TightVNC is what I'm using to pwn your box right now and the video looks fine.

All joking aside tightVNC is a great app thats what I used in college and I was happy to find thats what my job uses.

I heard..

[SCSi]

BackOrphus is the gold standard for remote administration.. :)

don't disappoint me like that

[nomadic]

Aww, after that parent post about the girl when I first came to the word "busted" in your post I thought it was going to be used as an anatomical reference...

Re:VNC??

[Syberghost]

That's the problem with the internet; all the damn Vibertarians and Vocialists fighting.

Re:Obviously

[Jubii]

And.... she's bathed in a soothing green light. I'll give you two guesses on what website she's looking at on the screen!!

No one sees the fatal flaw in VNC...

[stienman]

I used VNC right up until I found the fatal flaw which should scare anyone away from it.

I VNC'd into my work machine to check a few things, but then needed to check my email on my own desktop. Without thinking (I thought I was at work because, hey, this is my work background!) I VNC'd to my home computer - which is the computer I was using to VNC into work.

Let me tell you what. It wasn't bad enough that VNC crawled to the speed of molasses going uphill on a cold day. No, VNC further decided to lag the mouse movement so everytime I inched closer to the 'X' to close the session, it would jump forward a little, then backward more than I moved and oscillate there a little bit until it settled down and I could try again. It took control of the mouse on my screen!

Someone needs to check into this. Seriously, someone could be injured if they accidently VNC'd recursively. I'm just glad it was only looped on itself once. Imagine if I VNC'd through a dozen computers! The oscillations would never dampen, bringing the universe (at least the internet, and they're pretty much the same thing anyway) to a grinding sine wavy halt.

Is there a VNC that checks for this failure mode? Perhaps a good PID algorithm is all that's needed, but something must be done.

-Adam

Re:Obviously

[TV-SET]

UltraVNC because their website has a picture of a girl.

Now that was most probably the best software advertising campaign ever. I bet their website got more hits than ever before and probably will ever in the future.

Re:Actually

[secretsquirel]

"for personal reasons. I have a habit of bitching about crackmoderation"

I hate moderating my crack too, there's nothing worse than having to wait 20 minutes for my next hit so I don't end up smoking it all before I can get more. Every once in a while I just get like an oz. of it and smoke all I want for like almost a day, those days are freaking sweet!

Re:No one sees the fatal flaw in VNC...

[Tyrell Hawthorne]

I VNC'd into my work machine to check a few things, but then needed to check my email on my own desktop. Without thinking (I thought I was at work because, hey, this is my work background!) I VNC'd to my home computer - which is the computer I was using to VNC into work.

I must admit that one of the first things I did with VNC when I tried it many years ago was to make a VNC loop. However, the software was smart enough to sense it and not allow it. Knowing there is no software that can be smarter than the dumbness of users, I added a third machine to the mix--and voila! I had my loop.

Re:Obviously

[johannesg]

Yeah, is that a girl for real? It doesn't have a horn on its forhead, on the sides or the center.

Seriously, it could be a girly-man. I've seen guys with similar haircuts and those eyebrow shadows are scary.

An apt post, for a man whose name means "TheVirgin" in Dutch...

Re:Actually

[Martin Maciaszek]

I'd go with the first to support NeXTSTEP. :)

(Hey VNC-Programmers, how's that for a challenge?)

Score 1, Offtopic

[macdaddy]

Son of a bitch. That didn't take long. The Troll GOP Moderators have camped out on our discussion thread and are just waiting for us to post another message so they can mod it down too. Figures.