Re: remote access with gui.

From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: remote access with gui.
Date	2012-06-27 14:59 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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On 2012-06-27, Douglas Mayne <none@invalid.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:40:49 -0700, john@wexfordpress.com wrote:
>
>> I have a base computer and a laptop on the same network.  The network is
>> via a wireless router. The laptop uses a wireless connection. I want to
>> connect to the main system from the laptop and have a gui interface. The
>> main system runs slackware 13.37 and the laptop has a hard disk install
>> of Knoppix.
>> 
>> Any thoughts on this?
>> 
>> John Culleton
>>
> Here is a minimal discussion about tightVNC on Slackware:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.slackware/msg/591f4a5f4ab493b2
>
> The advantage of VNC over simple forwarding of X-apps is that the state 
> of the desktop is retained. If you disconnect, then reconnect later, your 
> desktop should be the way you left it. If that is something you want or 
> need, then consider using VNC. Otherwise, individual applications using X-
> forwarding over a ssh tunnel works quite easily, too.

That's only true on a fast connect (100M or faster).  It might work
over a wireless link, but you're pushing your luck.  Most "modern" X
apps are so increadibly bloated and badly written that they won't work
over anything slower than a 100Mbit wired Ethernet link.  Huge amounts
of useless info makes thousands of pointless round-trips between
client and server for even the most trivial action (mouse movement,
button click).  Using X forwarding over something like a 3Mb DSL link
just doesn't work these days for anything fancier than xterm: Things
like Gnome or KDE apps are completely out of the question in my
experience.

VNC works far better over slower connections.

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Thread

remote access with gui. "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2012-06-18 17:40 -0700
  Re: remote access with gui. Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2012-06-18 21:01 -0400
  Re: remote access with gui. Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-06-19 02:30 +0000
    Re: remote access with gui. J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-19 13:45 +0000
      Re: remote access with gui. Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-06-19 17:08 +0000
  Re: remote access with gui. Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201206.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-06-20 08:35 +0200
    Re: remote access with gui. Balwinder S Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@anu.homelinux.net> - 2012-06-20 13:26 +0530
      Re: remote access with gui. Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-06-20 15:05 +0000
  Re: remote access with gui. Douglas Mayne <none@invalid.com> - 2012-06-27 07:52 +0000
    Re: remote access with gui. Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-27 14:59 +0000
      Re: remote access with gui. Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-06-27 15:12 -0500
        Re: remote access with gui. Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2012-07-09 14:07 +0700

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