[nzlug] Best approach for remote-admin of a Debian box

[Martin Baehr]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 05:32:23PM +1300, yuri wrote:
> > even within the office, connecting to a vnc server on windows is quite
> > noticably slower than local, while remote X to a different machine is
> > not really distinguishable from local. 
> With me it's not anecdotal - I've tried it and it is as Martin says -
> no noticeable difference.

i was mostly wanting to point to vnc being slower.
if it is slower on local, then somewho i doubt it will be faster then
X11 over ssh.

> However the original question is in regard to ADSL, which in NZ is
> slow (a fraction of the speeds available in Martin's home land).

what's your definition of home land here?

in the land where i grew up networking is not really that much faster. 
and in the land where i am home now (home is where i wash the dishes :-)
speed is not faster at all.

greetings, martin.
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