[ale] X over ssh to linux box using putty?

[Tim Meanor]

I've used putty to send the X session over ssh to my local  
workstation, but I seem to recall that performance wasn't great  
(moving windows around, refreshes, etc, were just slow enough to be  
annoying).  For some reason, I think that XDMCP was a little snappier,  
probably because I wasn't using ssh for the XDMCP connection (is it  
even possible to use ssh for this?  I haven't tried).  In both cases,  
I was using a Windows XP computer with Cygwin as the local X server.   
That was a couple years ago, and it wasn't on a gigabit network, and  
it was a gnome-based desktop, so you'd probably get better performance  
using fluxbox over gig-E.

-Tim

On May 12, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:

> currently i can easily connect to a little test box that i have  
> running.
>
> i have been using putty to connect, update and install software on the
> test box, but now i would like to type 'startx' and have fluxbox  
> open in
> the window.
>
> what are others using to acquire an x-session over ssh?
>
> i am using putty from my usb key and (if possible) would like to
> continue with things being portable.
>
> side note:
> i have noticed that Midnight Commander doesn't render correctly and  
> puts
> those "a"s as borders, is there a fix?  i have been using 'vfu' (and  
> am
> beginning to like it), but would prefer mc.
>
> thanks folks,
> preston
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