Re: Managing tasks through remote access

2001-10-11 Thread Keith Willoughby
"Morbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to log in through telnet and ideally also through X into the > Linux machine, start an ftp client or irc client etc. then close the > connection again with the started applications continueing to run? > > Also if I could do that, could I then l

Re: Managing tasks through remote access

2001-10-11 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 08:30:34PM +0200, Morbo wrote: > Unfortunatly I have only space for one screen and keyboard. I could use some > switch, but they usually degrade image quality at high resolution (or cost a > fortune), so I found it's much more convenient to telnet/ssh into the linux > machin

Re: Managing tasks through remote access

2001-10-11 Thread Luke Reeves
For an X-server for Windows, the two I use are: WeirdX - http://www.jcraft.com/weirdx/ - This is an open-source 100% Java server, works fairly well (but you need a hefty system to run it) NetSarang X Manager - http://www.netsarang.com/download/download.html - A really good fast and stable

Re: Managing tasks through remote access

2001-10-11 Thread Andrew Perrin
There's an adequate X server for windows that used to be free but is now $25 shareware: http://www.microimages.com/mix/ it will probably do what you need. I haven't played with the cygwin one. -- Andrew J Perrin - [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Managing tasks through remote access

2001-10-11 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Morbo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Hi, > > I have two computers at home. On one I'm running Linux, and it is turned on > non-stop. On the other I'm running W$ndows (mainly for games). This one is > only running if I'm doing something on it. > Unfortunatly I have only space for one screen