From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 21:13:54 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 A0DA716A4CF for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:13:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from prosporo.hedron.org (hedron.org [66.11.182.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1B643D2D for ; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:13:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ean@hedron.org) Received: from localhost.hedron.org (localhost.hedron.org [127.0.0.1]) by prosporo.hedron.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C359FC0C5; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:14:10 -0500 (EST) From: Ean Kingston To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:14:09 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502131614.09991.ean@hedron.org> cc: Anthony Atkielski Subject: Re: 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 21:13:55 -0000 On February 13, 2005 03:53 am, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > 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). I run an XLoad app on every server with the display on my desktop (set to update once a minute. It lets me keep an eye on the general health of the servers during the day. Asside from that I haven't found a truely useful GUI app for servers. -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/