[Cialug] SSH annoyance

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM, John Lengeling
<John.Lengeling at radisys.com> wrote:
> Just invoke ssh with:
>
> Ssh -X remote-host
>
> Then once you are logged in, start a simple X app like xclock to test.
>
> X11 over a WAN/dsl/cable connection can be slooow.   VNC server would be
> a better choice to use IMHO over a WAN connection.  YMMV.
>

Or on some machines, ssh -Y remote-host

You can also add the command line to the end. So if you want to run
synaptic you can do:

ssh -X home-machine synaptic
or
ssh -Y home-machine synaptic

If you're not on a lan then you may want to add -C to enable
compression. If you're just doing X apps it can help a lot. If you're
running VNC it may not be necessary since commonly VNC has it's own
compression.

ssh -YC home-machine synaptic

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