Tight vnc alternative for OSX

englishpremier · 25 Apr 2013 at 19:10

It seems that their isn't an OSX version of Tight VNC.

Whats the next best alternative that will connecting to my Ubuntu machine as if I was sitting in front of it?

I often use FreeNX, but that's not the same as being sat in front of the machine as it opens a separate desktop session.

slinxy · 25 Apr 2013 at 19:14

vnc is built into os... its called screen sharing.

The easiest way of accessing it is just type vnc://<ip address or machine name> in the address bar of safari.

philip2009 · 25 Apr 2013 at 19:34

Many people recommend TeamViewer(Windows, Mac, Linux, mobile versions available) - http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows.aspx

englishpremier · 25 Apr 2013 at 20:51

slinxy said:
vnc is built into os... its called screen sharing.

The easiest way of accessing it is just type vnc://<ip address or machine name> in the address bar of safari.

Doing that I'm told that the computer I'm trying to connect to doesn't support encryption. I want to send data via SSH so it's encrypted.

slinxy · 25 Apr 2013 at 21:36

englishpremier said:
Doing that I'm told that the computer I'm trying to connect to doesn't support encryption. I want to send data via SSH so it's encrypted.

if you load the app itself
/System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app

There's an encryption option in preferences.. not sure how it works as I've normally don't use screen sharing but Apple remote desktop which is more of a network manager version but its not free. Both have encryption options... but I've never used neither.

isn't the windows' version of tightvnc a java app? I take it it won't run with mac java?

edit: is this any good?
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.20/20.07/VNCOverSSH/index.html

as far as I'm aware/been told... vnc over ssh is a bit of overkill unless the server machine is being remote'd on to via internet.