[Beowulf] OT, X11 editor which works well for very remote systems

[Brian Oborn]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 4:53 PM, David Mathog <mathog at caltech.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 14:03:59 -0300 Hernan Olivera wrote
>
>> I've solved this using RDP instead VNC, with very improved velocity. You
>> have to deal with installing and configuring it in the server, but it
>> works
>> fine.
>>
>
> VNC takes over the console on the remote machine.  What if somebody else
> is using that, or there isn't one (headless server)?
>

Modern Linux VNC servers have several modes where they can either take over
an existing X session or create a new virtual X session at any
resolution/bitdepth just for their use.

Brian Oborn

>
> Regards,
>
> David Mathog
> mathog at caltech.edu
> Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
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