On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 03:35:28PM -0700, Chris Majewski wrote: > On an only slightly related note, has anyone some experience with > secure X terminals? The i686 box on my desk is noisy. I would like to > replace it with an X terminal, but the X connection must be secure (I > type various root passwords and stuff into this box). I'm thinking > about a quiet diskless i486, running X over ssh. Anybody done this?
My kids run lyx through ssh all the time, never heard them complain:) But then they have a AMD K6 500Mhz, and the server is a AMD K6 300Mhz. On the other hand, my wife used to play tetris over ssh on a 486 133Mhz, the server again that AMD K6 300Mhz. She didn't mind the performance degradation as it helped her maintain a good score:) I myself do it regurly and find things to get a little bumpier. Even text only apps (mutt) can detoriate, but for that to happen the server must be overloaded (as when I ssh into my IPS's login-server). -- groetjes, carel
