On 11:26 07 Dec 2002, Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> wrote: | On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:19:08AM -0700, Jim Christiansen wrote: | > Ok, so what I'm understanding is that a linux host system without X | > installed can be accessed from another computer, remotely, using ssh and its | > X system to operate an X session from the host? | | You need the X applications on the host, but they can display on the | remote X server, so you don't need an actual X server on the host. Also, if you're just using console apps (as I mostly do, mozilla aside) you can run them in local xterms, thus: xterm -e ssh otherhost And so forth. If the remote system is actually remote (eg I'm accessing a home system from work) then this is a great bandwidth saver, as you're sending just tty traffic (typing and text) over the (compressed) ssh link, instead of X traffic which is fundamentally bulkier. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 cs@zip.com.au http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ >From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request. - Peter Williams -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
