Thread: Internet Tablet As Computer Monitor?
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2008-10-21 , 19:24
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#11
Originally Posted by tom61 View Post
Yeah, speed is an issue using VNC (worse with X11 directly) if you were planning on running visualizations for MP3s in WinAmp/XMMS, but I was more thinking of using it to display system stats (temps, uptime, CPU load, etc.).

If you want visualizations and perhaps even video, you'll need to port FreeNX to the tablet.
No; you won't need a FreeNX server on the tablet. You only need an open source NX client (various exist), or a port of the NX client (it is portable but NoMachine owns the source code; e-mail them).
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