“Just a second”, you’re thinking, “I thought this blog was supposed to be about Oracle stuff ?”
This is true…broadly speaking. However, I’ve spent a fair chunk of the last week playing with Ubuntu 9.10 server working up to putting Oracle on it. This particular mini-adventure will come in handy when I come to do the actual install as Oracle uses a graphical interface as it’s main installation tool.
So, this tuneling X over SSH sounds pretty impressive. Tuneling itself sounds very technical, a fact augmented by the inclusion of a TLA in the phrase. And the X just serves to make it sound rather mysterious and exciting.
As is so often the case in such matters, the truth is rather more prosaic. (more…)
