[TriLUG] Remote X question

bak bak at picklefactory.org
Wed Jul 7 13:44:17 EDT 2010


Xpra is great if you only want to run one app instead of a whole desktop. Also has "screen" type detach/reattach  functionality.

--bak



On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:27, Steve Kuekes <steve at kuekes.homeip.net> wrote:

> I know this has been discussed here before, I just can't find it.
> 
> I sometimes need to access linux X apps at work from home using linux on both ends.  I tried just ssh -X and this is very painfully slow (30 seconds per mouse click) especially when I try to use eclipse remotely.
> 
> In the far past I had used a VNC server on linux.
> 
> I remember some better options being discussed.  What other packages are people using for running X apps remotely.
> 
> Thanks
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