On Tue February 24 2004 4:34 pm, deedee wrote: > On Tues, Feb 24, 2004, 12:54:16 PM, Ray Hogaboom wrote: <snip> > You may not be aware of the fact that with Linux and X Windows > you can have several desktops open at the same time on the same > machine. I almost never print out documentation anymore. You > can't do any of the following on an i486, but you can do the > equivalent of what you just described on your regular Linux > workstation. > > Let's back up a bit. Linux comes with six virtual consoles (VCs). > If you are familiar with dos, that like having six separate dos > computers on the same machine. Everything done in a VC is done > from a command prompt. You will have those on your i486. > > Incidentally, another thing you can't do with ms win is cut and > paste across everything. You can do what's termed "pick up and > paste" back and forth between all applications running on the VCs > and X Windows desktops, including applications being run via > wine, dosemu, and vmware. Very slick. > > In addition to the six basic VCs, the 7th VC runs X Windows > (which you won't have on your i486). You probably already start > out in X Windows on your Linux workstation. You can hit > control-alt-F1 to go to the 1st VC. Alt-F2, Alt-F3, and so forth > will take you through all of them. You can tell they are changing > by the "tty1," "tty2," and so forth you'll see above the login. > To get back into X Windows, press control-alt-F7. > > In X Windows, you can have as many desktops as you have resources > for. That's like having any number of ms win machines in the same > machine. In addition, you can open as many windows on each > desktop as you have resources for. > > For example. On my system I typically work in X Windows and have > six workspaces (desktops) available. One I use as a VC. That is, > I have an XTerm window open with several sessions running in it, > including mc, one or more dosemu (with my dos applications), and > whenever I need it, a root session. > <snip> > > > I have a Pentium 1 100 MHz desk top I want to use for firewall, > > router. > > Using i486s as firewalls and routing servers is very common as > well. There are numerous tutorials available on setting up i486s > as servers of one sort or another. > <snip> > > There are numerous ways to set up networks. Get a book on Samba > because Samba is tricky and go over the networking chapters in > RUTE. A good Samba book is located on O'Reilly. > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba2/book/toc.html > > A lot of stuff just installs and works, but if you tweak it (as > sometimes you must), you can easily mess up if you don't know how > it works really. Those books should help you avoid making > mistakes. > > deedee > --- <snip> Thanks for the info I am running KDE right now with 6 desktops. This is something I could not do with windows. Yes this is nice. With Windows XP I could open many different apps on one desktop and copy and past between them. But when trouble shooting a computer that is not working you may not be able to display any thing. When learning how to use a new application you can not have your Application and instruction full screen side by side at the same time. Unless I have 2 monitors connected to one computer. 2 monitors is something I do have plans for after I am done remodeling the house I will then have an office. With Window I could copy and past from instruction to Application. By having the same instruction that are on the laptop in another window on the computer that is running the App.
The Link to Using Samba, 2nd Edition will come in handy Thanks -- Ray Hogaboom
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