ssh is too slow for X. It's okay if you're using a quick utility, but working on an IDE all day long is tedious. (Although, my new laptop has plenty of horse power (dual-centrino), so it's not as much of an issue working off my desktop.)
As for security, I use iptables when I'm not in my office. --Kurt Matthias Bethke wrote: > Hi Kurt, > on Wednesday, 2006-05-17 at 11:33:30, you wrote: > >>> Hmm, maybe cause it is NOT an X server, its a Window Manager. >>> >> Right, right. I probably deserve to get spanked for not using the >> proper terminology. >> > > You both do :) > Gnome is a desktop environment that comes with a window manager > (currently Metacity IIRC, used to be Sawfish) but can be used with a > number of other window managers as well. > > >> Anyway, I'd like to pop X windows on my desktop. I have gnome setup >> (including gdm), everything is working fine, except that I don't have X >> configured to use an external port such that I can "xhost +servername" >> and pop a window on my desktop. >> > > ssh has been suggested, and I second that. Much better than xhost 'n > stuff. > > cheers! > Matthias > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
