Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:57:05 -0500 From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> To: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on a server Re: Freebsd vs. linux Message-ID: <b3dd0aa597c7b577602faa3a8c3a3a2b@chrononomicon.com> In-Reply-To: <200502131614.09991.ean@hedron.org> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <AAC19B0E-7D9A-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr> <200502131614.09991.ean@hedron.org>
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On Feb 13, 2005, at 4:14 PM, Ean Kingston wrote: > 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. I don't know if this counts at all (especially since it's not FBSD), and I'm loathe to say positive things about NetWare, but I remember reading their "Snakes" screensaver was actually a load meter...the bigger the load on the server, the longer the tales on the snakes and the faster they moved on the screen. -Bart
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