[Tfug] remote desktops

[Robert Hunter]

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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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