From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hs47d-00015D-30 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 May 2007 21:48:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4QLkUaC022043; Sat, 26 May 2007 21:46:30 GMT Received: from melchior.nuitari.net (melchior.nuitari.net [209.222.54.175]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4QLkTuJ022038 for ; Sat, 26 May 2007 21:46:30 GMT Received: (qmail 18777 invoked by uid 500); 26 May 2007 21:47:36 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 26 May 2007 21:47:36 -0000 Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 17:47:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Nuitari To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely? In-Reply-To: <20070526135318.56425219@mandalor.homelinux.net> Message-ID: References: <5bdc1c8b0705261207q2845c578rdf1d85bd2e4db1d@mail.gmail.com> <20070526135318.56425219@mandalor.homelinux.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 0974387e-4584-4ee3-88f1-8c06805160f0 X-Archives-Hash: 520b7de6581f29a06f7ece8291431fb0 >> Hi, >> Is it possible to run a complete Gnome desktop from a remote >> location through ssh? I'm not talking about using vnc to watch a >> remote desktop but actually run one remotely and only have it >> displayed here. > > SSH also includes functionality to allow X11 forwarding through the > encrypted SSH connection. You'll need a fast (100mbps+) lan for it, even with the ssh compression enabled. VNC is a much more efficient protocol then X11 for remote desktop. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list