Re: High latency shell environment

From: Randal L. Schwartz (merlyn_at_stonehenge.com)
Date: 12/30/03

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To: funky_trilobyte@hotmail.com (Funky Trilobyte)

    >>>>> "Funky" == Funky Trilobyte <funky_trilobyte@hotmail.com> writes:

    Funky> The folks in alt.satellite.starband are so far saying that interactive
    Funky> shells will be unbearable due to near-1000ms latencies.

    I've been doing just fine using ssh over 1000ms latency connections
    from cruise ships (www.geekcruises.com). However, I started in the
    early days of the net where slow modems were the norm, and my brain
    just has flashbacks to those days. :)

    Perhaps I tolerate it because I know it'll only be for a dozen hours
    during the week I'm aboard ship, however.

    I'd suggest looking into "remoting" as many things as you can. Learn
    to use a local mail client with IMAP, and edit local files, keeping
    them sync'ed up with rsync and CVS, and so on.

    Just another Unix hacker, 

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