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Re: server query



On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 08:26, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> What programs? If you're talking X, VNC is a simple solution for the
> remote machine;

I prefer the Nested X Server instead.

Using VNC instead of X11 is like using pcAnywhere instead of RDP.

> a thin client is a little more complicated, but certainly
> worth a try.

Actually, it's not very complicated at all.

> Of course, you can always SSH to the other machine.

Which, in the case of 2 systems with X-Servers running on each, it the
easiest.

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Bryan J. Smith                                    b.j.smith@ieee.org 
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Subtotal Cost of Ownership (SCO) for Windows being less than Linux
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) assumes experts for the former, costly
retraining for the latter, omitted "software assurance" costs in 
compatible desktop OS/apps for the former, no free/legacy reuse for
latter, and no basic security, patch or downtime comparison at all.




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