Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3221 mails)

[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryen wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 14:02 -0500, James Knott wrote:
> > Bart Whiteley wrote:
> > > > 3. YaST tools to include:
> > > >
> > > > a) NX server and client:
> > > > Make available an easy to use YaST tool to integrate the OSS FreeNX
> > > > server and client. Optional also the non-OSS but free NoMachine NX
> > > > server and clients. This way it will be easy and fast to do remote login
> > > > an run Xapps with speed.
> > > >   
> > > >     
> > > Yes, please!  I'd like to cast a vote for this as well.
> > >   
> > What would that obtain that can't be had with ssh -X?
>
>
> Umm... gonna take a wild stab at this.  Awareness of such a command line
> option?  The whole point of Yast is to give an administrator who DOESN'T
> know such an option existed on the command line a way to see it visually
> in Yast.    There's nothing wrong with doing it the CLI way, but there
> are people out there who don't know all there is to know about CLI
> options and that's where YAST comes in.

True.  But the only people who have a real need for it
are people with a large enough network that it's NOT
going to be in their private home ... it's going to be
in a position (commercial or non-profit corporation)
in which someone holding the title of administrator
is EXPECTED to know such things.


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