[ubuntu-za] Remote Desktop

[Johan Mynhardt]

Hi Bill,

ssh -X basically allows you to run the remote applications locally. It uses
the X server's network protocol via SSH.
It is nearly the same as running a remote desktop, but you don't have a
'sandboxed window' where everything is collected in. The windows come up as
actual windows in your current desktop environment.

I am not sure if that answered your question on ssh -X ?


On 28 May 2014 19:05, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Lee but, well, that's the question I am asking [?]
>
> I would like to be able to run a normal Unity environment on machine B
> while actually running on machine A. And I mean run everything including
> Office, Gimp, Scribus ... Perhaps the right answer is: why would I want to
> do that? ! Because it's there I suppose.
>
> Remember - I don't have a monitor on B.
>
> I don't understand the implications of ssh -X. What would I do next?
>
> ssh top?
>
> Bill
>
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> On 28 May 2014 17:49, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org> wrote:
>
>> On 05/28/2014 09:10 AM, Bill Cairns wrote:
>>
>>  What I would like to do is to be able to have the full GUI Unity access
>>> from the one machine to the other
>>>
>>
>> Are you sure you need this?  I have found that ssh -X, and Gnome "Connect
>> to Server" via ssh top give me all of the functionality I need in most
>> cases.  Often faster than a full replicated desktop...
>>
>>                         Lee
>>
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