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Running programs from remote machine..

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If I did a bare minimum install of Slack on this 2 gig box, without X, could I then ssh to another Linux machine, and run GUI programs from it as a client, even though X is not installed on the 2 gig box?
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Post by Sky »

Hmm dont think so... But u could wok with nfs and mount that stuff from another box :)

Another thing that might be interesting for you:

http://www.ltsp.org/
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No. To do that, you need an X-server running on your machine. But 2GB should be enough hard drive space to (also) install X-Window. Try RH 7.3... :)
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Interesting, I'm going to look into it. Have you tried ltsp yourself?

I'm feeling very proud as I just figured out how to ssh to my mothers computer, (I got her on Redhat 8.0) :wink: and run her programs. She's on 56k, so I shut her computer down from here so I could call her! :D

Troodon, you gonna try Redhat 9.1?
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Troodon, you gonna try Redhat 9.1?
As soon as I get a decent laptop! ;)

I hate those antialised fonts in Gnome 2.x, though. Haven't figured out yet how to get rid of them...
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If there is any ONE thing Linux users can agree on, it's the fonts! :x

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Run

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 /usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage "Put any funny message here"
over ssh... lol ;)
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...ah..I wanna know what happens before I try it... :lol:
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Post by Sky »

u can try it on your own box :)
It will just give u a xmessage (like the progname tells you ;))
A little popup you have to confirm with ok...
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My box doesn't have xmessage, though I remember installing it once during one of my MANY re-installs! :lol:
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Hmm my last reinstall s very long ago... If u don't work as root (means u only install progs or edit config files as root) u cant screw a linux system up (usually)
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As a newbie, the easiest solution for crashing my system was always a re-install. As a budding newbie, I've discovered the unrestrained joys of vi.

The first time I ever used vi was when I screwed up my XF86Config, (before I knew you could run xf86config! ) I couldn't get a screen and edited with vi to fix it. Having fixed my computer with vi was a milestone day for me with Linux! :D
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