Re: Recommendations for laptop for travelling

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:56:51 GMT, Haines Brown wrote:

One last note is that you shouldn't depend on being able to run
remote X. Never mind that it's likely to be painfully slow whenever
the 'net has a high spam day, I've found an unbelievable collection
of completely random port restrictions in hotels and conferences.
Have a good plan for syncing your local environment to your home
environment, sync up before you go, pray you've got email, and sync
again when you get home.

What is the relation of running X remotely and "port restrictions"
because of heavy spam? I don't see the connection. Most of the things
I do can be done in console, but while that's a lot faster, why would
that not be dependent on "port restrictions".

Port restrictions and spam clogging the net are separate issues. You
will be connecting to the internet via some sort of wireless router with
a firewall. Often ports needed for ssh or vnc are closed out of security
paranoia. This may prevent you from keeping your home and travelling
computers "in sync"; i.e., up to date at both ends.

Another question regarding the slowness in running X remotely. I'd
guess this usually has little to do with the speed of the user's
computers at either end, but more the connection between them. Are
these servers about all the same? Are they better in urban rather than
rural areas? How likely is one to find a connection as one travels to
various places in this country and outside? That is, how should one
modify travel plans to accommodate remote operation?

There are 3 kinds of connections: slow (telephone), fast (ethernet),
and wireless. More possibilities in urban than in rural areas (coffee
houses, for example, often provide wireless or ethernet access). I doubt
that modifying travel plans would be beneficial. If you're comfortable
with console operation, you will find life easier than those who haven't
been weaned from GUI applications.

Bob T.
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