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[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G T Smith wrote:
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> Jonathan Arnold wrote:
>> chika wrote:
>>>> Clayton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> PuTTY lets you set up all kinds of special options, tied to which host
>>>> you are connecting to. So you can set special backgrounds, etc. It also
>>>> remembers connection info, does port forwarding, allows terminal
>>>> customization
>>>> for each host, etc. Now perhaps it can all be done using other tools, but
>>>> it's <strong>a pretty powerful GUI for all this</strong>, and provides a
>>> Unix build.
>>>
>>> why u don't use freeNX from nomachine website(googling it for latest version)
>> I think it needs to run on the remote machine too, and I don't have any control
>> over that.
>>
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> The ssh daemon on the host machine is usually activated by default, have
> a look at the man page (man ssh) for ssh capabilities...

I meant the FreeNX server, not ssh. ssh works just fine.

> 
> As a taster to open a remote session in a new window in any konsole
> session enter...
> 
> ssh -Xf <servername> <command>

Yeah, I did track down the -X option. Didn't try the -f option though. That's
why I like the idea of a GUI front end to ssh, like kssh.

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UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are.

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