[NTLUG:Discuss] Xwindows servers and clients...

[MadHat]

On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 13:15, Courtney Grimland wrote:
> Sorry - I mis-typed that.  Use Cygwin to connect to the X-server on the
> other computer.
> 

No, you had it right the first time.  The Server is where the desktop is
displayed, in this case the notebook.  The clients are the apps that you
want to display on the server.

I do this with one of my laptops.  I am running Win2K and Cygwin with
XFree and ssh into my linux box and display back on the notebook.  Its
all cool and stable and I LOVE having the unix tools on my windows boxes
too, added bonus.

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> >Of Courtney Grimland
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:11 PM
> >To: discuss at ntlug.org
> >Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Xwindows servers and clients...
> >
> >
> >Not that I'm against /other people/ setting up dual-boot systems,
> >I think it
> >would be much cleaner to set up cygwin (unless for some reason cygwin won't
> >work on XP - I have no idea) and use it as a native X server on
> >your laptop.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> >>Of Tom Woody
> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:57 PM
> >>To: discuss at ntlug.org
> >>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Xwindows servers and clients...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>At work I have a very nice linux workstation (dual Athlons, lots
> >>of ram, etc) - very nice.  I also have a laptop which isn't too
> >>shabby, but obviously lacks some of the features of a desktop
> >>(diskspace being the most prominent).  I would like to setup a
> >>small linux partition on my laptop (the rest is WinXP for games,
> >>and the like) so I can run Xwindows from my workstation, but still
> >>allow me to be mobile.  So when I am running Xwindows everything
> >>that I am doing is on my workstation.  I know this seems like
> >>pretty newbie questions - but I have been using Linux/Unix for
> >>quite a while - years - but primarily in shell not in X so any
> >>pointers are helpful.
> >>
> >>Woody
> >>
> >>If you have any trouble sounding condescending,
> >>find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
> >>		--Scott Adams
> >>
> >>
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