tigervnc

TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines. TigerVNC provides the levels of performance necessary to run 3D and video applications, and it attempts to maintain a common look and feel and re-use components, where possible, across the various platforms that it supports. TigerVNC also provides extensions for advanced authentication methods and TLS encryption. (Summary from the program web page.)

The official web page: http://tigervnc.org/

Note

This module is addapted for usage in the Infinity environment. The vncserver command opens a new session with the JWMwindow manager. The vncviewer command is repalaced by a wrapper that automatically open a ssh tunnel to the vnc server. If you need the unmodified version, use the vncviewer.orig instead.

Typical usage:

On the server side

$ module add tigervnc
$ vncserver        # grab from the output a vnc server identification in the form: 'user@server:display'

On the client side

$ module add tigervnc
$ vncviewer user@server:display     # a passwordless connection to the server is expected