[TriLUG] Remote X question

Brian Daniels bitmage at pobox.com
Wed Jul 7 12:43:59 EDT 2010


On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 09:35:16AM -0400, Alan Porter wrote:
> > I remember some better options being discussed. What other packages
> > are people using for running X apps remotely.
> 
> NX is a lot like VNC, except a lot faster.  Plus, it uses SSH as
> a transport, so you can use your existing security/keys/whetever.
> 
> http://www.nomachine.com/download.php
> 

This.  NX is fast enough to make me suspect that black magic is involved.  I 
would think it was a rigged demo if I wasn't running the server myself.  And 
they have a cool logo.  (but no t-shirts, apparently)

--Brian


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