Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4547 mails)

["Web Developer" <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So far, I have only setup  a single workstation as a general-purpose machine.  Now that I have multiple systems to work with, I want to use the client-server approach to make good use of my resources.  I'm using SUSE 8.0 on 3 or 4 machines.  I'll upgrade when possible, but cannot right now.  I just want to make sure I understand the overall process right now.

I will setup my server as a general-purpose server, offering file/print, web, and MySQL server.  I assume I'll need to export /usr/local and a few other dirs on the server.  I assume I can simply setup the workstations to use the NFS shares, thus avoiding the need to install programs like OpenOffice.org on each machine.  Is that correct?

When I run OOo for the first time on the clients, they should use the remote /usr/local to run the OOo setup.  Does that apply to most otehr programs as well - for instance, The Gimp?


Regards,
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Web Developer
Matheteuo Christian Fellowship
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