From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 08:53:14 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 1837B16A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:53:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C228843D1D for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:53:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 073891C0008F for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:53:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D9A111C00089 for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:53:12 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050213085312891.D9A111C00089@mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:53:12 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: X on a server Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:53:14 -0000 Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: > 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. I'll consider it, although it still sounds complicated. What do I gain from X that I don't already have with remote terminal sessions like those created with SecureCRT? I know it looks pretty, but what server-related things can I do with X that I cannot do with ordinary terminals? I'm not aware of anything right now; it seems that everything can be done from a command line (thank goodness--working with Windows is a nightmare precisely _because_ so many things cannot be done from a command line). -- Anthony