Connecting MacOSX’s X11 to a remote host
September 05, 2008 (edited since original posting)
It’s surprisingly easy to get remote applications up and running in Apple’s X11 environment. Once installed on your Mac, fire it up and add one additional parameter to your remote SSH connection +X.
ssh -X .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Once you’re in, just start the application you want from the command line. Here, I typed “firefox” and now I have firefox 3 running in its full X11 glory on a remote computer.
More detailed information can be found on Apple’s Configuring and Running X11 Applications on Mac OS X page.
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