ModelCitizen wrote: > Peter;279910 Wrote: > >> You have a PC dedicated for this stuff? What PC, bought in the last 5 >> years, is incapable of running SoftSqueeze/Java and Squeezecenter >> simultaneously? >> > No I don't. I have one PC (as stated above) that is always on. This is > my deskop machine and a SlimCenter server. Of course, it is capable of > running SoftSqueeze as is... it's just that it is entirely unnecessary > for me to do that and it'll get in the way. >
I understood you had one PC that's always on and others that are not always on. > Peter;279910 Wrote: > >> You're running Windows already, which means you're pretty much stuck >> with the graphic interface. >> > I was taking about the graphical interface of Softsqueeze. > Peter;279910 Wrote: > >> VNC is a very minimal tool that allows you to control your >> headless/always on PC from a non-headless/not-always-on PC. You must >> control the thing someway, right? Remote Desktop is fine as well of >> course. >> > I have used VNC for years at work, but it is not much use for me when I > only have one PC at home! I think the confusion comes from my use of the > word "headless". I was referring to using Softsqueeze in headless mode > (See title "headless player"). I was hoping that this meant using it > without any sort of graphical interface (and my doubt is illustrated by > the way I phrased it as a question in the post). Sorry it wasn't clear. > BTW. I now prefer to use Windows intergrated remote desktop (Terminal > Server as was) in preference to VNC. > That's it, I think we got confused about the headless issue. I thought there was some switch to run SoftSqueeze without the GUI, though... (still needs Java obviously) Try the -Dskins=headless option. > Peter;279910 Wrote: > >> I didn't say you had to learn it [Linux], just run it. You don't have >> to be a Linux expert to run a few programs. >> > I've tried to install various flavours of Linux at various times since > I first dived into the world of Slimdevices. The result was always > failure (even with Michael Herger's SlimCD). Setting up Linux and > maintaining it is not a process without a certain time-cost. Anyway > it's daft thing to have to run a minority OS solely to service one > consumer-orientated software package. > I'm not trying to push Linux on people who don't want or need it, but for a (headless) server it's hard to beat. > Anyway. Thanks for your help. > Sorry for the confusion. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
