The closest to your old rlogin approach would be "ssh -X yourserver.ip.address <x program to run, e.g. meld>" you might need to fiddle with some settings to get it working, however.
On 07/22/2012 12:56 PM, Stephen wrote: > ssh transfers i think would be the fastest/easiest. there are some gui > clients that can do this. > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Wayne Davis > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ok, >> >> Years ago, when i worked for frontier global-center, I remember that we >> could "rlogin" to a system and "Startx". At least I REMEMBER it this way. >> My recollection was that I was running the GUI LOCALLY and metatdata was >> being transferred across. VERY fast & efficient screens. >> >> A: AM I recalling wrongly? >> B: I'm wanting to set up a server box on my network for files, music, >> video that will be headless (No monitor or mouse connected) >> >> Running Kubuntu 12.04 as primary OS on all boxes here. >> I see rlogin, ssh, blah blah blah....... >> >> >> I'm looking for EFFICIENT GUI presentation, File transfers. >> >> xvnc11 works but is slow, teamviewer is making connections outside my >> network to operate AND is wine based :-( >> >> What should I use that will keep it S I M P L E (if possible) and secure ( >> I am behind a M0n0wall WRAP firewall) I want to be able to connect at will. >> >> >> Is this going to be a major pain? >> >> >> Thanks everyone for your thoughts :-) >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > >
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