Ooops, I spose I should have been more explicit, sorry. On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Paul L Daniels wrote:
> > I have tried VNC for Linux, but it gives you sloppy feeling X > > performance on the local machine. Does anyone know of anything that > > Dumb questions follow: > > 1. Have you tried TightVNC Yes, it works better on the remote machine, but the server (local machine) still suffers from lag as all X traffic still goes via Xvnc. Unlike the Windows version, even at the local machine, you still have to run vncviewer :( > 2. What connection speed do you have? My problem isn't actually when I'm running remotely, TightVNC works well for this, my problem is I dislike the feel of running VNC *all* the time (even locally). It's annoying that it works so well under windows. I would have thought this kind of thing would have suited the X architecture better than windows. > 3. What about just running the apps via SSH ( X forwarding - > obviously though this kills the ability to detach/reattach ) Yeah, this is the real problem. I run idea (a Java ide), and go down to the warehouse to do some testing (industrial equipment), and find a bug. I then have two choices, fix the bug in vi (which isn't too bad), or run back upstairs, fix it in idea, compile and run downstairs to test it. If the fix is largish, vi is much slower than idea, so I get lots of exercise. If I was running Windows on my development machine, it would be simple, just connect from anywhere. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
