if you want your Xto be pushed to windows using opensource apps look up xming, that combined with putty can redirect your x output via SSH to xming to render apps individually on your desktop. i liked it allot more than NXserver. On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > From: James Mcphee >> So something like this > [snip pretty accurate description of pros and cons of various remote-access > things] >> NXserver >> I haven't used it > > NXServer + NXClient: > > Pro: very fast, can do whole desktop or single app, can encrypt all traffic > (IIRC) > Con: not free speech, only free beer, setup is much more complex than VNC or > X11--it took me two days to get the silly thing working properly > Prereqs:  NXClient on local box, NXServer on remote box, a TCP channel between > the two boxes.  IIRC, you can set the port# to whatever you want, which is > convenient for those with big iptables rulesets or a firewall they don't > control between the two boxes. > >> if I need a full desktop for some reason (to keep apps up, whatever), >> I bring up an X session in an xvfb and then shoot myself a VNC >> session over the ssh tunnel. > > xvfb!  It just keeps coming up....  I remember some guy who needed to run some > app that absolutely refused to come up if it couldn't find a Display. > xorg.conf with Monitor and Keyboard set to "none" didn't work either.  This > app needed to run on a machine with no monitor/keyboard.  xvfb to the rescue. > I had never tried to get at the virtual X with VNC; may try that in my Copious > Free Time.  It seems so obvious now. > > Keeping GUI apps persistent and/or moving their Displays from one machine to > another really hasn't been worked on that much.  Probably because it's got so > many very annoying details and inescapable performance problems, and so few > people seem to want to do that with their GUI apps. > > -- > 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 > -- 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