I guess to tie it all together I should mention for the uninitiated that it takes a lot more processor and memory to run graphics quickly which is why the machine is mentioned as being mostly only good for CLI. Of course if the program is being executed remotely and only displayed locally, as is possible with X-windows, less resources are being used locally and thus you would see a speed increase if you are using the machine for display only and not program execution.
Cheers, Stephen On Monday August 23 2004 09:10 pm, Stephen Alexander wrote: > here's a quick rundown for you: > > cli is comand line interpreter, as you'd use in DOS or unix, as opposed to a > GUI like Mac OS > > kde is a window environment which runs on unix-type systems, of which linux > and BSD are members. It's an implementation of X-windows. > > nix box is a reference to a Unix or linux computer. The way X-windows is set > up, you can run programs on one machine and have them display on another > computer's monitor. This can be done in a completely cross-platform manner, > so that as long as whatever machine you're displaying on can run some sort of > X-window environment you can display the output from whatever type of machine > you like. Exodus is one of those programs which will display X-windows on > macintosh OS. I haven't used it in probably 8 years but it was good then so > I'm sure it's great now. > > hope this helps. > > On Monday August 23 2004 10:35 pm, Dwight Hines wrote: > > > > > Mainly only good for cli, I've run kde but its way to slow. Netbsd is > > > not much better or worse. Some of the light wieght desktop managers > > > are said to work well, if a little slow. > > > > > > If you already have a nix box of some sort you could try a vnc client > > > on the mac or Exodus which is rather excellent, even better if you > > > know how to configure your firewall properly. :) > > > When configured you can run nix programs at good speed on your quadra > > > which is fun. Win4Lin runs well in a window, sometime I'll try > > > Sheepshaver, OS9 on a unaccellerated quad, in a window. :) -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
