Preface: I assume in this message that you're using Linux on both computers. If not, I don't know what to tell you. Windows doesn't have the functionality required to do this.
j1234f wrote:
> Would that be like running an x-server on the
> old laptop with very little memory and have
> have firefox and other applications running on
> the desktop machine?
Yes. All you need is X on the old laptop. I think by default you'd
have to modify '/etc/ssh/sshd_config' to say 'X11Forwarding yes' on the
remote machine (your faster computer that will be running the programs).
I can't remember if openssh-server is installed by default but I know
the client is. You'll need the server on the remote machine.
Then on the old laptop you could just run 'xinit' from a tty and from
the xterm that appears, you'd type 'ssh -X remote-ip'. This is assuming
that X is not currently running, you are using the standard SSH port,
and you have the same username on both machines. If all of that isn't
true, use something like 'xinit -- :1' and 'ssh -p {port} -X
[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
Once you're logged in, issue 'xclock &' just to test. Once everything
works, you could issue whatever commands you like (e.g, 'firefox &').
You could do something like 'metacity &' for a WM. If you want to
actually use a desktop environment, it's just as easy. I use gnome
mostly so for me it's 'gnome-session &'. Gnome is pretty
bandwidth-intensive so maybe another DE would be better. Everything
should work nicely.
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