Remote desktop software on a netbook for performance

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If i used my nc10 to control a c2d pc running lubuntu would i get better performance with certain applications and flash heavy sites?

This will be over lan, i just prefer to use the netbook instead of the pc sometimes but performance is lacking under certain conditions, multitasking is difficult as the nc10 just can't handle it, i have no idea how well this would work though?

 

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It's not like i want to game or anything but i would like to use it to watch hd flash video, it thought it would have come a long way since i last tried in over five years ago, now theres a lot more performance and improved codecs surely?

 

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How is it a streamed video can work but not this, obviously it will be downscaled to the netbook resolution by the server before being sent.

 

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Thanks for the explanation, i guess technology hasn't moved on as much as i thought, disappointing.

 

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That appears to only be for certain games, though i could be wrong, isn't there a free piece of remote desktop software that comes close to what im after?

It doesn't have to be perfect, i just want reasonable quality and reasonably smooth playback of video, most won't even be hd, im talking about youtube type stuff, general flash websites and multitasking, the desktop pc only needs to output 1024 by 800 to the netbook over lan, it must be possible to get something reasonable?