On 3/3/2011 4:36 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
>
>>>> Instead of running screen, can you run a desktop session under
>>>> freenx on a server
>
>>> No xlibs on our servers.
>>
>> You need _a_ machine somewhere that can host a freenx session. It
>> doesn't need to be the target of the ssh connections, just something
>> that will mostly stay powered up if you want the session to stay active
>> all the time. A development box or even a VM session that would work -
>> or a desktop machine if it stays on all the time. It doesn't even have
>> to run X on its own console.
>
> Frankly, given the alternative ease of automatically redefining $TERM,
> that strikes me as a slightly overengineered solution.
>
> Not that I'm intrinsically opposed to overengineering.
Don't knock it until you've tried it. A full GUI desktop, even mostly
hosting a bunch of terminal windows is a lot more comfortable place to
work than a screen session, and mousable cut/paste that works even with
the local OS running the NX client is extremely handy (how many times do
you do the same command on several machines?). I almost never log in
directly at a linux console anymore and if I need to do something from
home or remotely, I just pick the session that was my last desktop at work.
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Les Mikesell
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