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Re: X server for windows
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:12:44 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote:
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> Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote:
> > Anyone know of a free X server for windows I could use? I really want
> > to be able to edit stuff off my work computer at home, but it's so hard
> > without VIM/Emacs...
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> Xwin32 is free for 2 hours of use per session. There's another one called
> something like M/X, but if I remember right, it's not as good.
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> You could also use VNC....
I have VNC set up, and I use it sometimes - but transferring 1600x1200
on a 56K, even over a compressed SSH is too slow for comfort... :/
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> How fast is your network connection? If it's less than 1.5MB both ways, I'd
> not use it for any real work. Instead, the other option (below) is a better
> choice.
56K - I've used X over 33k before, and it was better than vnc - still
less data transferred, I guess.
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> > Or, another option, instead of an x server, anyone ever tried to forward
> > SMB connections over ssh?
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> You could set up a tunnel -- do PPP over SSH....
hmmm... not sure I understand here... I connect to GWU for my PPP
connection, and need to get to my computer at Georgetown... I thought I
might be able to connect the network neighborhood from my home pc to
samba at georgetown, over ssh - but I can't seem to get it to work. :/
Dan
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| (...) Different than that. You can use SSH to set up "poor man's vpn". I'm too tired to think hard about it right now :) but the end result is your computer thinks it has a new network interface with an IP address on a private (10.x.x.x) network. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Xwin32 is free for 2 hours of use per session. There's another one called something like M/X, but if I remember right, it's not as good. You could also use VNC.... How fast is your network connection? If it's less than 1.5MB both ways, I'd not (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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