From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 08:38:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 067F316A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:38:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1B2A43D46 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:38:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1D0FH9-0003Sa-GA for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:38:43 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) 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> <909006882.20050213085459@wanadoo.fr> <1466272619.20050213093053@wanadoo.fr> Message-Id: From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:38:42 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Subject: X on a server Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:38:44 -0000 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