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 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 - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss