[Lilug] Speeding up remote X11 over intercontinental connections

[Brett Viren]

Xpra works well and doesn't require a dedicated server like NX.  And,
it does not require a full window manager / desktop so windows are
"seemless" on the local desktop.

-Brett.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Justin Dearing <zippy1981 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Long version: In the UK is a linux boxthat I often ssh into from Hoboken, or
> Cranford VPNed into Hoboken and develop against. tmux and vim are great for
> 99% of my needs. Sometimes I just want to run pycharm for reasons.Sometimes
> I want to run tmux from terminator. This basically works, but there is a lot
> of latency.
>
> My laptop is running Windows 7 with putty and the latest paid for Xming32
> build. I turned on ssh compression. The server is running centos 6.6 with
> EPEL, some scientific linux stuff and the pythong 27 and python 33 SCLs.
> Other than using VNC instead of a rootless X11 server, is there anything I
> can do to reduce X11 latency? Is there any troubleshooting I could do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Justin
>
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