Comments on: On the Go: Syncing your Data http://www.automaticable.com/2008-01-11/on-the-go-syncing-your-data/ adjective: of or pertaining to things that should work but go awry Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-01-11/on-the-go-syncing-your-data/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Scott Wegner Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008/01/11/on-the-go-syncing-your-data/#comment-12 So, to connect from Windows to Linux, then you might use VNC to connect. This is, as you said, basically broadcasting your screen from home, and allowing your to register clicks and keypresses at your home computer. In this case, you can do everything you could from your computer at home, but it is difficult to actually transfer files from one computer to the next. There are settings to control how robust your experience is (screen resolution, sound, etc.), which you could tweak to ease the strain on the network. However, if you have trouble from simple streaming radio, then there is a good chance you'll have trouble with VNC.<br/><br/>Another option is SSH, which I mentioned earlier. It's very easy to setup a SSH server on Linux, and there are a couple programs for Windows which make it easy to connect to SSH. The benefit is that it doesn't put nearly as much strain on the network. Also, it makes it easy to transfer files from one computer to the other. So, to connect from Windows to Linux, then you might use VNC to connect. This is, as you said, basically broadcasting your screen from home, and allowing your to register clicks and keypresses at your home computer. In this case, you can do everything you could from your computer at home, but it is difficult to actually transfer files from one computer to the next. There are settings to control how robust your experience is (screen resolution, sound, etc.), which you could tweak to ease the strain on the network. However, if you have trouble from simple streaming radio, then there is a good chance you’ll have trouble with VNC.

Another option is SSH, which I mentioned earlier. It’s very easy to setup a SSH server on Linux, and there are a couple programs for Windows which make it easy to connect to SSH. The benefit is that it doesn’t put nearly as much strain on the network. Also, it makes it easy to transfer files from one computer to the other.

]]> By: Kyle W http://www.automaticable.com/2008-01-11/on-the-go-syncing-your-data/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Kyle W Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008/01/11/on-the-go-syncing-your-data/#comment-11 Noob question Alert!<br/><br/>I assume the answer is yes, but if I remotely connect to my linux laptop at home from my windows computer at work, can I run everything I would normally be able to run? I assume I am basically just running a video of what is going on at home on my computer at work, but I have very limited knowledge on this.<br/><br/>Also, how much strain does this put on a network? My office already slows down to a crawl once in a while from too many people using internet radio. Will this add to the problem much? Noob question Alert!

I assume the answer is yes, but if I remotely connect to my linux laptop at home from my windows computer at work, can I run everything I would normally be able to run? I assume I am basically just running a video of what is going on at home on my computer at work, but I have very limited knowledge on this.

Also, how much strain does this put on a network? My office already slows down to a crawl once in a while from too many people using internet radio. Will this add to the problem much?

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