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I do most of my work in the terminal and the browser. If I could somehow use a remote terminal with the convenience of being able to open files with image view
by tagx 14y ago
I do most of my work in the terminal and the browser. If I could somehow use a remote terminal with the convenience of being able to open files with image viewers/etc on my local machine, I have no need for a local disk.
- zht 14y agowhat about ssh with X11 forwarding?
- tagx 14y agoX forwarding is just too slow I don't want to wait >300ms or so for my input to generate a response. HTML + JS serves the same purpose as X forwarding with your application hosted on a remote box displaying in your local browser with the exception of javascript allowing small amounts of local computation to be performed when it makes sense.
- padraigm 14y agoX forwarding doesn't really address that problem, and anyway, it's slow and flaky enough over a gigabit LAN, let alone a typical internet connection.
- glesica 14y agoI've been looking at Chrome OS for this very reason. Apparently it includes a terminal app. I almost never have a program other than a terminal and a browser running, so it would work out perfectly. That being said, since the Chrome OS devices don't have a full suite of command line tools, I'd need Internet access to attach to a VPS. Current cellular data pricing makes this a sketchy requirement for me.