If you accidentally display the remote desktop fullscreen, try pressing F8 or F11 to exit. Display numbers use the 5,900 convention to try to make things easier - port number 5,900 is display number :0, port number 5,901 is display number :1, and so on. By convention, port numbers start at 5,900 and go up, so a computer that shared three different desktops would normally listen on ports 5,900, 5,901 and 5,902. To connect a VNC client to a VNC server, you need to know the name or the IP address of the computer you'll connect to, and the port or display number of its VNC server. It's available in the vnc-java package in the Multiverse repository

If you can't install software on the machine you'll log in from, you can make this available through a web server. TightVNC Java client is also a multiplatform Java client that can run in a web browser RealVNC Java client is a multiplatform Java client that can run in a web browser TightVNC also has a Windows version available Other Mac clients can be found on Apple's website Xtightvncviewer is available in the Universe repository ( click here to install xtightvncviewer)Ĭhicken of the VNC is a popular VNC client for Mac OS X It is the default package for 'apt-get install vncviewer' Xtightvncviewer (TightVNC viewer) is a simplistic client recommended for use with tightvncserver or other VNC server.

Xvnc4viewer is available in the Universe repository ( click here to install xvnc4viewer) Xvnc4viewer (RealVNC viewer) is a simplistic client recommended for Xubuntu users Krdc is the standard KDE client, and can also act as a Windows Terminal Services client ( click here to install krdc) Vinagre is the remote desktop viewer that comes by default with Ubuntu ( click here to install vinagre) Excellent VNC clients are available for every major Linux distribution and other operating system. A VNC client lets you connect to a desktop that's been shared on another computer.

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