On 8/2/24 13:51, hw wrote:
It has become a very limited option years ago and is basically obsolete. Just try to run, for example, firefox on a remote host via X11 forwarding. I suspect that anything that might use acceleration powers of a graphics card doesn't work, and that kinda leaves only xterm which would be pointless. It also has always been rather slow (slow on a 1 gigabit network and up to unusably slow over internet (VPN)) and was never a good option.
Oddly enough, it *does* work, even via SSH over a WAN link, with a few caveats.
1. you must start with `--new-instance` if you have Firefox running on your local workstation as well; otherwise it'll "talk" to your local Firefox instance and tell *it* to open a new window
2. there'll be some noticeable lag, forget watching videos -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.