Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:38:42 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X on a server Re: Freebsd vs. linux Message-ID: <AAC19B0E-7D9A-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <1466272619.20050213093053@wanadoo.fr> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <200502121141.07311.bulliver@badcomputer.org> <1443267912.20050212215132@wanadoo.fr> <200502121359.53523.bulliver@badcomputer.org> <992422833.20050213024853@wanadoo.fr> <00c101c51170$19af5ee0$4300a8c0@ostros> <D3D52C02-7D73-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <909006882.20050213085459@wanadoo.fr> <CEFB4302-7D97-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <1466272619.20050213093053@wanadoo.fr>
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On Feb 13, 2005, at 1:30 AM, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >> They exist. A friend of mine had one running on w2000 several years >> ago logging into hi BSD and Linux boxes using xterm. It worked >> reasonably well. > > How much did he pay for it? I don't know which one he used. Sorry. > Many of the ones I saw cost hundreds or > thousands of dollars, and there was still no guarantee that they'd work > well. The few free ones I tried did not work well at all. I'm still > interested in learning more, though. However, I won't run x-anything > on > my FreeBSD system unless it will run without destabilizing changes to > the OS (no change in securelevel, no kernel reconfiguration, no special > system software modules or daemons). You can install the X libraries and client apps on your server -- this works fine at secure level 3 and does not require kernel configurations changes or special daemons or anything. What it allows you to do is then link software against the X libraries and then redirect the display to your workstations X server. This meets your criteria and can be handy for certain things. Your apps still run in userland only and there is no HW touching stuff. You are not running the X Server on your FBSD Server machine. Chad
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