Download perlVNC June 12, 2003

Since June 12, a new VNC server has been added, but it uses the programming language Perl. A lot still needs to be done, but the developer has probably already released a rough trial version so that the base can be properly tested. The following description is given:

Why VNC?
Well, VNC is great. no doubt about it. I use it daily. Not only portable, but extermely thin client in nature, VNC allows me to remote control many differnet computers across the internet/intranet. Being free, and open-source, I immediately liked it better than other possible solutions.

why perl?
Perl is powerful, portable, and I like it. It allows my to accomplish complicated tasks far more easily than any other programming language.

Why perlVNC?
The Idea hit me when I saw the rfb counter example. For quite a long time I’ve been looking for an easy way to implement a thin GUI client, which can remote-control programs across my intranet. It had to be portable, cross-platform, easily configured, powerfull enough to be useful, VERY thin client, and if possible, thin server too.

After seeing rfbcounter, I new I’ve hit the jackpot. all I needed was to learn the VNC protocol (open source is great…), and implement it in perl.
And So, here we are.