Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: blmblm@myrealbox.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Ubuntu Date: 18 Oct 2011 17:43:56 GMT Organization: None Lines: 46 Message-ID: <9g5s6sFh1jU1@mid.individual.net> References: <9g5i1tFnnbU3@mid.individual.net> <24049304.27.1318953582217.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prng5> <9g5n98F5upU1@mid.individual.net> X-Trace: individual.net F0Gn0Bi3zyXQ7E5g5WzQ2gW270FusJXOOEKr3w3JC74APeBz49 X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:Fo22z43HGMkcJ7oB2aLM1gUj5jU= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8961 In article <9g5n98F5upU1@mid.individual.net>, Robert Klemme wrote: Subject: Re: Ubuntu > > On 10/18/2011 05:59 PM, Lew wrote: > > blmblm @ myrealbox. com wrote: > >> Seems perfectly normal to me to have graphical applications running > >> on machine A and displaying output on machine B, and I also(?) am > >> not eager to replace X11 with something that didn't have this > >> "works across a network" functionality. But I've noticed that > >> my ideas about a lot of computing-related things seem well out > >> of the current mainstream, so -- a data point, but perhaps not > >> a very representative one. > > > > Such use of X11 across a network, in particular across SSH, is common and > > widespread. > > I have always found X11 across a network to be extremely slow and hence > don't use it. IMHO RDP is significantly more efficient especially for > remote connections, VNC's protocol could be as well. There is that (the performance issue). My experience has been that over a fast local network, it's good enough for most applications, though I seem to remember that there are exceptions (though not what they are). Over a not-so-fast network, yeah, it can be too slow to be usable. > For my daily work I use putty combined with screen sessions on the > remote machines (mostly Solaris). That is quite fast and also > comfortable. And if your ssh connection breaks down for any reason > (network issue, logout, reboot) your shells and other processes are > still there. > > Funnily enough in our company the de facto standard is to use NX with X > sessions - even though there seem to be issues when disconnecting and > reconnecting. And people do not use graphical applications anyway - > mostly just shells. :-) Strongly agreed about the value of "screen" -- I've even been known to use it locally, for its cut-and-paste features. Nice to know that there are at least a few other shell fans out there? -- B. L. Massingill ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.