[Tfug] remote desktops

[Jim Secan]

The only compression is whatever TightVNC is applying.  This is from a
Linux box to (through) two XP boxes that aren't set up to "speak" ssh.

Jim

Robert Hunter wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:33:47AM -0700, Jim Secan wrote:
>> What is your need?  Are you wanting good smooth scrolling while you're
>> playing Doom 10 on a remote machine, or is this mostly for maintenance
>> access?  I use TightVNC (using it right now, in fact) to work on an XP
>> box
>> in the Seattle area, and on occasion use Radmin to link from that
>> machine
>> to another one up in Thule, Greenland.  The lag sometimes drives me
>> crazy,
>> but it works.  I would not want to use this for anything needing rapid
>> refresh, however.
>
> Jim, do you use compression?  I tunnel nearly all of my VNC sessions
> through ssh, and I've found that the compression option (-C for openssh)
> really makes a difference for poor connections.
>
> - --Rob
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