Re: [Ltsp-discuss] local display, remote window manager

[Dag S. S. <ds...@fr...>]

> Well, I just created a bootable root with debootstrap (Debian) and
> installed a basic X Window System there. But I don't want X to query a
> display manager, I would like to startx with a regular user and run a
> remote window manager. Well, the thing is: what would be better? xhost
> + rsh? Or ssh -X?

In my experience, X through SSH is a lot slower than xhost + rsh, but of
course it adds the security. So if you don't need the security, you're
better off without it. But why now xhost + ssh? Ie, don't use the -X
switch, but use ssh like you would use rsh to transmit that one command
(starting the window manager), as ssh is much easier (in my experience)
to set up...

Have a look at "lessdisk" - they've done something similar to what you
are doing (minimal Debian/debootstrap to create a thin-client that can
be as thick as you want it - BTW LTSP is probably moving in this
direction as well, with project Muekow).

Also have a look at "sdm" (the debian package) which is a "display
manager" (really just a login box) that runs locally on the client, and
invokes a window manager remotely through SSH.

// Dag Sverre