From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: remote access with gui. Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:59:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <2e7acc64-fead-4c39-bbaa-b63f7d3955e4@l32g2000yqc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1340809184 29161 64.122.56.22 (27 Jun 2012 14:59:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:59:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed101.telia.com!starscream.dk.telia.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!panix!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:5634 On 2012-06-27, Douglas Mayne 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. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I would like to at urinate in an OVULAR, gmail.com porcelain pool --