On 4/2/06, Jack Coates wrote: > Robin Bowes wrote: > > lnxguru wrote: > > > >> If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for > >> command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and > >> Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM > >> you'll need for this will depend on what else you're going to do with > >> this box but you won't need any monitor/mouse/keyboard attached. > >> > > > > I would add: don't bother with a remote X server - use VNC. > > > > R. > > > > meh. Each has its place. VNC's performance is horrible, but it is easier > than X. It's probably a point of interest that the most popular page on > my website is this one: > http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto
I'm surpised that nobody's mentioned NX (or freenx). I'm not particularly experienced with linux, so maybe it's just a different form of remote X, but it worked flawlessly for me when I set up a MythTV box recently. It seems pretty efficient, even ssh-tunnelled through my bandwidth-restricted work-to-home connection. I used the NX windows client, and the FreeNX server. NX here: http://www.nomachine.com/ FreeNX here: http://freenx.berlios.de/ Cheers Geoff _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
