Hello, after 2 weeks I finally got everything working on my new PC (except sound, but that can wait). I want to use my old PC as a second "Terminal" on my new system, but how the .... do you do that? Could somebody tell me how or point me to where I can find out how to get this working?
I've got an old box running woody and a new box with sarge, they're (locally) connected via their network cards. A simple, step by step, configuration guide - please? My kids are getting bigger and I'm starting to loose the fights over who can work with the computer next. I've found tons of links to diverse sites, howtos and mailing list entries, and all of them say how easy it is to use your old machine as an x-terminal - but it isn't. Lengthy excursions into different types of setups, the intricacies of X, terminals, remote login, ssh, LTSP and on and on. I'm certainly no linux expert - but also no total knows-nothing newcomer (well, I got sarge working). Will work for solution If I can get a solution for my problem I'll write it up in a howto or chapter of a debian doc - or translate from english to german or vice-versa. But please somebody show me the way! Finally I'd like to thank all you people for the fantastic work you're doing with Debian. I started of years ago with slackware, moved to suse, then red-hat and they were mainly a painful and frustrating experience. Potato was real fun compared to all the others (after I finally got everything configured right!). But installation and configuration really still are tough and I guess a lot of people have turned away from linux after frustrating experiences. My kids even make fun of me (and linux) because I'm killing so much time trying to get things working that run out of the box with that other os. Yesterday I booted with a knoppix cd and without any questions it set up a working system (even sound!). I sure hope the new installer I've read about will make things easier - it's the last barrier to world domination. And maybe the Linux feature that you can put old/low-price hardware to good use as an X-terminal? Thanks and best wishes, Roman Brodylo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
