>> That's the weird part.  Local gimp and remote gimp side-by-side on the
>> same screen look different.  For example, the edges of the buttons and
>> widgets in local gimp are rounded but they aren't in remote gimp.  Not
>> a big deal though.
>
> So what do gimp look like when you run it locally on the "remote"
> machine (i.e. not using ssh)?

gimp run without ssh on the remote machine looks just like gimp run on
the local machine.  It only looks funny over ssh.

- Grant


>> When I ssh -X, start gimp, close gimp, and close the ssh session, the
>> terminal prompt disappears and only the cursor is visible in the
>> terminal.  I have to ctrl+c to bring the prompt back.  This doesn't
>> happen with ssh -X unless I open gimp during the session.
>
> So this only happens with gimp? It may be that gimp doesn't exit
> "properly"... I'm just guessing and I don't know why that would be.
>
>> Using -C, gimp is about 10x more responsive than if I don't.  I was
>> surprised too.  My laptop and the "remote" system are 15 feet away
>> from each other on the same wireless network, with the router in
>> between.
>
> Ah, well... can't argue with that. :-)
>
> Best regards
>
> Peter K

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