> I currently have an HDTV hooked up to a desktop computer running
> Gentoo and xfce4, all controlled by a wireless keyboard/mouse from the
> couch. It's awesome. However, I think the next step is to control
> everything from a laptop on the couch. There would be a normal xfce4
> desktop on the laptop, but you could issue certain commands to have
> video or audio played through the desktop connected to the TV across
> the room.
>
> How would you set this up? Maybe the actual xfce4 session is being
> run on the desktop and the laptop uses VNC or NX to control that
> session? Is there a way to have certain audio or video launched on
> the laptop via VNC or NX, but outputted by the desktop?
>
> - Grant
Short answer - yes :-)
Your idea sounds about right too.
Some reading.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_X-forwarding
Thanks, I'll check that out.
- Grant
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