Short story:
local-machine $ ssh -X remote-server
remote-server $ /opt/ff4/firefox -no-remote &
Now the rant:
I have an underutilized PC sitting in the office mostly gathering dust. It has 4G of RAM and plenty of HD space. So, I decided to use it, remotely.
I’m running the latest Ubuntu on my laptop/netbook. The “server” has Windows 7 running on it, and I don’t want to mess with that as my wife uses the machine (also remotely) for her design work. The solution was pretty simple: download VirtualBox, install a fresh Ubuntu inside a VM, run the VM headless and access it remotely from the laptop.
# running headless C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxHeadless.exe -s newvm Oracle VM VirtualBox Headless Interface 4.0.4 # changes in ubuntu vm: # create/edit the file /etc/gdm/custom.conf with the following: [daemon] [security] DisallowTCP=false [xdmcp] Enable=true DisplaysPerHost=2 [greeter] [chooser] [debug] # restarted GDM using: /etc/init.d/gdm restart # then connected from the client machine (laptop) ssh -X remote-server
Now all commands entered or apps launched in the ssh shell will in fact run on the server, but will be displayed on the laptop monitor. Simple and effective.
I am going to install a small footprint window manager/desktop environment and use that later on. But I’m happy with things as they are at the moment. I’m running firefox/thunderbird remotely (both use plenty of memory)
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