On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > From: gk > [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 highjackedby 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, 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 MITMable (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 ? But, yes, we like it fast, from our slow Cox Wifi connections, which cantrivially be brute forcedby 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 - 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 > -- (503) 754-4452 (623) 688-3392 http://www.obnosis.com