On 11 Apr 2013, at 13:53, David Schuller <dj...@cornell.edu> wrote: > My method is to run the updater graphically on one machine, then spread it > around with rsync. Although being able to run it on the command line would > allow me to accomplish that from my own desk, without crossing campus to > another building. Even with gigabit, running X remotely is rather slow and > bothersome.
In some cases I've found that compressing the ssh-traffic (i.e. ssh -C user@host) is enough to transform an unusably slow session to a workable one. // Johan
