Thanks for the link. I've actually been pleasantly surprised by Xvnc over an "ssh -C" tunnel. Additionally, there are some parameters you can set for the vncser

Thanks for the link. I've actually been pleasantly surprised by Xvnc over an "ssh -C" tunnel. Additionally, there are some parameters you can set for the vncserver (man Xvnc... one example is "-deferUpdate") that can significantly improve performance for bad connections or awful X applications.