ssh / DISPLAY / VNC alternative?
ssh / DISPLAY / VNC alternative?
- Subject: ssh / DISPLAY / VNC alternative?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:32:40 +0000
Hi,
At work I use my Mac to access my Linux box's CAD tools - I use xhost and set DISPLAY etc. and it all works great. It's very responsive and life is good :-). I use this method instead of joining a VNC session on the Linux box because when using VNC I see the yucky Linux desktop and it's windowing system, whereas when using xhost/DISPLAY all the individual windows just appear on my Mac and I can find them using Expose etc.
When traveling, I can use ssh to display all my Linux windows back onto my Mac, but it's intolerably slow. I am then forced to use VNC. The VNC session actually has MORE graphics to deal with than the ssh session because it also has to update the Linux desktop etc.
I understand VNC is built for speed - graphics are compressed prior to transmission and caching occurs at both ends. Is there some other solution similar to ssh that will allow me to display the individual Linux windows on my Mac but also has the speedy functionality of VNC?
Thanks,
Mick
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