Re: ssh / DISPLAY / VNC alternative?
Re: ssh / DISPLAY / VNC alternative?
- Subject: Re: ssh / DISPLAY / VNC alternative?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:39:07 +0000
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the link. My first two impressions formed within a minute of scanning were:
1. The latest version is 0.7.1 which was released back in October of 2007. Seems development has either stalled or been abandoned.
2. I'm not well qualified to deal with installing anything complicated.
I'm just a lowly electronics engineer who uses a Mac, a Windows machine, and runs CAD tools on a Linux box. Using Parallels and X11, I can do all of this while sitting in front of my Mac. I was hoping I could just do:
fssh -Y ...
where 'f' stands for fast :-)
Thanks,
Mick
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Tom Scogland" <email@hidden>
> freeNX
> http://freenx.berlios.de/
>
> Much faster than any of the options you have tried, and it can be
> configured to work in single window mode, or a vnc-like mode, but in
> either case it actually understands X commands, interprets,
> compresses, and sends them instead of compressing the graphics, very
> efficient. If you can get it set up (it's unfortunately a bit more
> complicated) it's probably the best idea for something like this.
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:32 AM, <email@hidden> wrote:
> > 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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