How about a local workstation that you connect to using X2go? Then just ssh into the host you want to manage.
/tony On 2018-06-07 04:14, James Cuff wrote: > > I miss SGI jot. It had this super strange GL offload to the client that > I’ve never seen since. > > http://rainbow.ldeo.columbia.edu/documentation/sgi-faq/apps/6.html > > We really need to find a solid way to do this whole remote GUI work. > https://2018.isc-program.com/?page_id=10&id=wksp122&sess=sess279 > > Makes me think. 1st workshop. Can’t ever be the first time this > question has been asked. Also David, absolutely not OT. Very much on topic. > > J. > > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:28 PM David Mathog <mat...@caltech.edu > <mailto:mat...@caltech.edu>> wrote: > > Off Topic. > > I need to do some work on a system 3000 miles away. No problem > connecting to it with ssh or setting X11 forwarding, but the delays are > such that my usual editor (nedit) spends far too much time redrawing to > be useful. Resizing a screen is particularly painful. > > Are there any X11 GUI editors that are less sensitive to these issues? > > If not I will just use nano or vim. > > Thanks, > > David Mathog > mat...@caltech.edu <mailto:mat...@caltech.edu> > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > <mailto:Beowulf@beowulf.org> sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > > -- > Dr. James Cuff > The Next Platform > https://www.nextplatform.com/author/jamescuff/ > https://linkedin.com/in/jamesdotcuff > https://twitter.com/jamesdotcuff > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Tony Albers Systems administrator, IT-development Royal Danish Library, Victor Albecks Vej 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel: +45 2566 2383 / +45 8946 2316 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
