However, I will agree with you that Microsoft's RDC is Best-of-Breed when it comes to remote desktop access. The X11 protocol can be very "Chatty" and depending on how the application who's windows you are exporting is coded, it can be orders of magnitude slower than a VNC session.Īt work, we frequently use VNC to access a remote Linux system instead of exporting the X-Window (where remote is 2,000 miles). Since this forum is user-to-user, you should give Apple Feedback at:Īnd while you did mention exporting X11 windows on Linux/Unix systems, I must say, from years of experience, that X11 is not always better than VNC.
#APPLE REMOTE DESKTOP VS VNC MAC OS X#
Or you can start a VNC server on the Linux/Unix system and use the same set of Mac OS X VNC clients mentioned for windows.īut when it comes to exporting the Mac OS X display, VNC is the current method, and there are several different VNC servers you can use: Mac OS X Screen Sharing server, free Vine Server, and I think you can buy a RealVNC server (not sure about that), and maybe someone else has a server.Īnd my choice is the Vine Server when using 3rd party VNC clients (eg any VNC client that is not Mac OS X Screen Sharing client). Talking to a Linux/Unix system you can export X-Windows to Mac OS X (perferred method is via 'ssh -X' from Mac to Linux/Unix system and use the X11 tunnel created by ssh). Or install a VNC server on Windows, and use JollysFastVNC, or Chicken of the VNC, or Mac OS X Screen Sharing client, or use the X11 based TightVNC client, etc. Microsoft provides instructions on the web page where you download the RDC client.
The Vine Server (aka OSXvnc) allows reduced colors, and I find it works nicely across the internet (but your mileage may vary).Īnd if you want to control a Windows system you can get Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Mac OS X Client (free) Well you can have Linux/Unix X-Windows displayed on the Mac, but the Mac does not use X-Windows as its GUI, so you can not use X11 to export your Mac windows to another platform.
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