Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:56:32 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se>, hawk <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: cheap/free Xserver n32 for a unix-phobic administrator? Message-ID: <14988.20624.163716.535654@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <13318546@toto.iv>
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Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> types: > On 15-Feb-01 hawk wrote: > > ALl it really needs to do is let a windows machine on the local > > network run FreeBSD on my box. Before I ask them to buy one, > > though, I need to see what others have found--I've had bad experiences > > running Xservers on non-unix--MI/X on a mac redrew so much that many > > programs were unusable, and the otehr main one (my mind is blanking at > > the moment) worked fine on my former boss's NT box to access > > alpha's, but was a nightmare with debian (worked ok with RH, I think). > I'm not sure what you want but if you want to run X-apps on a windowsbox > over a network VNC works like a charm. You can tunnel it through SSH so > it's possible to secure it very well. I'll second the "not being sure". Other thing that might do the poorly described job are webmin (in the ports tree) and PuTTY, a free terminal emulator that connects to an ssh port on your system. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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