On 2014-07-23 13:43, jcsl wrote:
El Miércoles, 23 de julio de 2014 13:15:47 jcsl escribió:
To explain it better, I'm not trying to use the netbook to play HD content. I'm checking how ssh works. Maybe I'd want to run some heavy app in the netbook or something similar. And yes, I may want to play a video without worrying about if it is HD or not, but it is not the use case. And I'm not trying to control the server remotely (isn't it what VNC is for?)
No :-) unix/Linux X is natively a network system. It was designed originally with the idea of a central powerful computer and several dumb graphical displays with keyboard. It does not need vnc or anything to display a desktop on a different machine. But you may. You have to use different tools for each thing. Ssh is good for running, securely and remotely, some application, even over Internet. Many people use it for administration. Video acceleration breaks; though. Sending video is heavy, each frame is sent separately as a bitmap, about 25 per second, and lightly compressed (it has to be fast), and encripted. There are other protocols better suited for video (the vlc people have one). Or you can simply share the file (plain http works) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)