firebyrd10: I'm confused, you say that VNC locks up on full-screen apps but is fine for everything else. I thought VNC was intended for such apps! What do you mean by everything else?

ktheking: You say that ever since the latest KNOPPIX release, VNC rocks! Does that mean that earlier releases had bugs in VNC? I've been using a 2003.1119 debian hdinstall ever since that ISO came out with no need to upgrade until perhaps now. Do you recommend that I upgrade to the latest ISO?

c123: OK, so what I'm using is a KDE version of VNC, not true VNC? You recommend I try the Debian TightVNC binaries. Can I install this with apt-get? Also, do I understand you correctly: TightVNC makes it easy to set the timeout and the password? What if I want to take control of a student's desktop remotely (from mine), can I do this without his/her permission maybe as root?

Thanx for all your input gentlemen, this is sounding more and more promising all the time!

TIA,
AJG