On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Matt Graham <[email protected]>wrote:
> From: gk <[email protected]> > [snip] > > I'm wondering [if a GUI Emacs can] be backgrounded like Screen or > > Tmux and then reattached if something needs to be done remotely. > > Sort of, but it's not great in most circumstances. If you can deal with > having 2 X servers allow TCP, and compiling and running xmove, you can take > an > X app using the Display of one box, then move it to the Display of another > box. The downside is that graphics performance slows to a crawl for just > about everything, especially programs using GTK for some reason. > > Running a VNC server like TightVNC is a bit faster, and is better for many > uses since you don't need X and all its baggage, just a VNC client, which > is > available for many platforms. It's still slower than I'd like, and you can > get odd problems like keys getting stuckkkkkkk. > > The fastest remote-access GUI I've used across a slow link is NXServer and > NXClient. This is not Free speech, but it's free beer. If you really need > it > to be fast and accessible from anywhere, though, screen plus your favorite > console editor is still the best choice. > > Comments, suggestions, and flying attack porcupines welcome. > Great post! I fully agree that VNC is vastly superior in speed alone to the full blown X of our old Sun/Linux (Dot Com startup - dial up ISP administration) days, with all it's snafus (ever had your X session highjacked<http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/The_Mitnick_attack>by the Support staff (you managed)? No? I have..... [very funny you guys])... However, our concept of speed cannot be considered without also, considering, in a non-linear way, security? We assume that you architect OSI security protection (VLAN exclusion or strict network switch port ACL controls) since VNC password exchange can easily be snooped<http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2003-September/040950.html>, not to mention all command intercepted! X is incredibly insecure and network taxing, as well as limited. And SSH with screen, with console editor is better, although still MITM<http://www.signedness.org/tools/>able (and who limits SSH between servers and the support staff? http://www.signedness.org/tools/ SSLStrip will take your local https back to text, not that you are using webmin or anything <http://g0tmi1k.blogspot.com/2010/04/video-pwnos.html>? But, yes, we like it fast, from our slow Cox Wifi connections, which cantrivially be brute forced<http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=cracking_wpa>by our neighbor kids....hopefully they won't get a clue what all those root Nix commands mean? > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- (503) 754-4452 (623) 688-3392 http://www.obnosis.com
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