On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 08:18:38AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 9/17/10 7:51 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > >> Oh - and how to install and use freenx/NX for remote access. > > > > hmmmm ... good idea. or i might just add in VNC and carry over the > > freenx to an additional course dealing with networking/remote > > admin/etc. thanks. > > I'd guess that for most people starting with linux, freenx with NX running on > their existing windows/mac would be a much better fit. Maybe vmwware player or > virtualbox too. > And then, you can give them one of the more important Linux lessons. Let them install FreeNX, go to the website and see the completely outdated docmentation. Learning how horrible so much of the documentation is, is probably an important part of being a Linux administrator. FreeNX, fortunately, has a CentOS wiki article, so let them google for it. Not even being sarcastic here. Lack of good docoumentation is probably one of the biggest challenges facing the Linux user or administrator. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6