On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:14 AM, John Niven wrote:
> > In essence, I am wondering how you can use multiple older ppc > computers to make things happen faster? > > I have occasion to run unix based programs via X11 at work. I am not > a knowledgeable unix person but actually OSX is educating me in that > direction. It's possible for me to use "ssh" to connect to a remote > computer (CentOS) and run an application which opens a window on my > screen. As I understand it, that means that that application is > actually running on the remote cpu, not my local mac. My mac is only > working as a X-Window server. Yes and no, the 'X11-server' part does put some load on your Mac. > > So I was wondering if it was possible to run the applications that > we normally run on a mac, in X11? No, not really. Aqua is not X11 (in fact X11 is pretty unique in it's ability to seamlessly let you run processes on other computers), so you can't run native Mac programs in that fashion. If you have X11 programs, you could do that...install the unix programs via Macports or such, and run them through X-windows on the Mac. You could run multiple Apple Remote Desktop sessions to each of the other computers, but frankly, that won't work all that well either. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
