I have, unfortunatly, been appointed "Linux Expert" where I work (beacuse I have used it instead of just read about it). One of the questions somebody asked me was if there was a way to use an XFree GUI from the Linux box. Or to be clearer, something like a dumb terminal running a GUI off the server but only for Windows (it will still be running on a dumb terminal :) ) I am not sure why anyone would do this but I tought I would ask anyway. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have, unfortunatly, been appointed "Linux Expert" where I work (beacuse I have used it instead of just read about it). One of the questions somebody asked me was if there was a way to use an XFree GUI from the Linux box. Or to be clearer, something like a dumb terminal running a GUI off the server but only for Windows (it will still be running on a dumb terminal :) ) I am not sure why anyone would do this but I tought I would ask anyway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY>
It works well. Read the Remote-Boot HOWTO and the Diskless Howto.
Patrick Moorman wrote:
I have, unfortunatly, been appointed "Linux Expert" where I work (beacuse I have used it instead of just read about it). One of the questions somebody asked me was if there was a way to use an XFree GUI from the Linux box. Or to be clearer, something like a dumb terminal running a GUI off the server but only for Windows (it will still be running on a dumb terminal :) ) I am not sure why anyone would do this but I tought I would ask anyway.
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OOPs, I thought you want more than an xterm. You can see where my mind has been lately.. "Michael H. Collins" wrote:
It works well. Read the Remote-Boot HOWTO and the Diskless Howto.
Patrick Moorman wrote:
I have, unfortunatly, been appointed "Linux Expert" where I work (beacuse I have used it instead of just read about it). One of the questions somebody asked me was if there was a way to use an XFree GUI from the Linux box. Or to be clearer, something like a dumb terminal running a GUI off the server but only for Windows (it will still be running on a dumb terminal :) ) I am not sure why anyone would do this but I tought I would ask anyway.
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Patrick, In case you are also interested in accessing the Linux box from a Windows box (it was not clear enough in your original posting if you may also want to do this), you can also do it. You can run VNC on the Windows box, and log into the Linux box. This is a freeware app originally created by the guys at the MIT. There are some other commercial apps too, such as Exceed. That's the one we use at my workplace, and we have around 30 people or so logging into a single Linux box. Nitebirdz On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Michael H. Collins wrote:
It works well. Read the Remote-Boot HOWTO and the Diskless Howto.
Patrick Moorman wrote:
I have, unfortunatly, been appointed "Linux Expert" where I work (beacuse I have used it instead of just read about it). One of the questions somebody asked me was if there was a way to use an XFree GUI from the Linux box. Or to be clearer, something like a dumb terminal running a GUI off the server but only for Windows (it will still be running on a dumb terminal :) ) I am not sure why anyone would do this but I tought I would ask anyway.
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On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Patrick Moorman wrote:
I have, unfortunatly, been appointed "Linux Expert" where I work (beacuse I have used it instead of just read about it).
Uh oh!
One of the questions somebody asked me was if there was a way to use an XFree GUI from the Linux box. Or to be clearer, something like a dumb terminal running a GUI off the server but only for Windows (it will still be running on a dumb terminal :) ) I am not sure why anyone would do this but I tought I would ask anyway.
Ok, I'm still not clear what you're after. Possibilities I ran through in my mind are: 1. A diskless workstation (no disk drive, no hard drive, just memory and a net-bios style boot up.) 2. Access to Linux's desktop from a windows machine If the latter, yes there is a way if I remember. Your windows machine would need an X client to take advantage of the X services provided by Linux. I'm a bit at a loss as to why one would want to do this, unless it provides a painless way to get people used to linux and an X based GUI without having to make the switch just yet. Anyway, we're treading into ground I don't know enough about to talk about specifics. I'm sure someone else here can help more though. :-)
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That's to everyone for the input. I read my own email and I'm not sure if I made sense. The second one is what he is wondering about. I think the goal is to taste the forbidden fruit without installing Linux. BTW, I fired my home machine at work one day, flipped through the different WM and you should have heard how jealous the Win users were. It gives you a warm fuzzy.
1. A diskless workstation (no disk drive, no hard drive, just memory and a net-bios style boot up.)
2. Access to Linux's desktop from a windows machine
If the latter, yes there is a way if I remember. Your windows machine would need an X client to take advantage of the X services provided by Linux. I'm a bit at a loss as to why one would want to do this, unless it provides a painless way to get people used to linux and an X based GUI without having to make the switch just yet.
Anyway, we're treading into ground I don't know enough about to talk about specifics. I'm sure someone else here can help more though. :-)
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