On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 05:46:33PM +0200, Steve Keller wrote: > xterm -e ssh -X <host> or ssh -X <host> xterm -ls > > What are pros and cons? I see one: The latter will produce more > overhead as it runs the X11 protocol through the ssh tunnel.
I would absolutely prefer the first one, unless you have a specific reason to use the latter (e.g. you're debugging the xterm program on a remote system, or you're stuck on a thin client, or Windows platform, that doesn't have a real terminal emulator installed).
