Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:03:02 +0100 (CET) From: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> To: hawk <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: cheap/free Xserver n32 for a unix-phobic administrator? Message-ID: <XFMail.010215170302.u98jobj@stud.hh.se> In-Reply-To: <200102151549.f1FFnb621944@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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On 15-Feb-01 hawk wrote: > > The cost matters less than the ability to to assure a unix-phobic > campus administrator about security :) > > 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). > > hawk > 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. ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> Date: 15-Feb-01 Time: 17:03:02 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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