Windows -> Linux
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue May 22 02:20:45 UTC 2007
Don Russell wrote:
>> Also, you don't need a web interface for remote access to linux
>> applications. Command line programs can be run via ssh (or putty from
>> windows) and X programs can be run remotely from anything else with X
>> (the free Cygwin version works on windows, it's included with Mac OS
>> X) or you can use VNC in various ways. The nicest way, though, is
>> probably freenx on the fedora side and the free NX client you can
>> download for most platforms from www.nomachine.com.
>>
> Thanks for the feedback.... yes, I forget about running remotely via
> X... the last time I had any luck with that was a few "Fedoras" ago,
> when I had FC on a laptop and on my server.... worked great... never got
> X working properly from my Windows machine, and just left it as one of
> those "one day I'll get to it" projects. :-)
>
> So, Fedora 7 is probably a good time to switch over/try again. :-)
Cygwin X isn't too bad. I usually install the default base first, then
go back to the setup and check the X related parts - but the NX client
is easier to install and even on a LAN where you don't need the
bandwidth savings it is nice to be able to suspend a session and
reconnect with everything still running.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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