X11 shared screen

[asquirrel]

I've played with linux extensively...through putty. My experience with X11 is...microscopic. What I want to do is have a user on a laptop in one room launch an X application, then be able to watch them use that application from another computer somewhere else in the house. Every mouse click, every key stroke. From what I read I'd also be able to take control and make my own changes/etc, so we could write a document together, for example; when one gets stuck the other starts writing what is on their mind. What do?

[max1220]

If I got you right, this could be the answer: x11vnc. You would need to run VNC on one side, but that could make sense, since X11 "traffic" (Do you call it traffic, if it's in a (local) pipe?) isn't compressed at all, or optimized for network.

[asquirrel]

Thanks. i'll give these a try.