Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:14:09 -0500 From: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> Subject: Re: X on a server Re: Freebsd vs. linux Message-ID: <200502131614.09991.ean@hedron.org> In-Reply-To: <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <AAC19B0E-7D9A-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <1453180591.20050213095312@wanadoo.fr>
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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. -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/
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