[TriLUG] looking to build a small Linux desktop

[Carl Crider]

 There was another app that did this. I thought it was called synapse, or
something. I saw it
on techTV [remember that?] like 4 years ago. You could actually copy/paste
between systems. Aaaaaaahh ... Google reveals it -> Synergy.



On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Michael Ansel <michael.ansel at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> If you are wanting 2 monitors set up with one Linux and the other
> Windows, check out x2vnc. Using this, you connect a monitor to each
> system and VNC into the Windows box. When you move the mouse to the
> edge of the Linux screen, it jumps over VNC to the Windows system. You
> get the same effect as dual monitors on Linux with one running full
> screen VNC, but if you wanted you could also run advanced graphics on
> the Windows system. The only down side is that you can't turn off the
> VNC session to double your Linux screen real estate. So far, this has
> worked out beautifully for me
>
> Michael
>
> Jason Watts wrote:
> > Is physical hardware a nessesaty?  if it isnt and your windows system has
> a
> > decent amount of horse power, try looking into VM's
> >
> > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, David Brain <dbrain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> rdesktop also works with a Mac (I built it from source, but presumably
> >> Darwin Ports or some such may have it too).  In some ways its better
> >> than the MS client, which seems to have some issues on OS X lag wise.
> >>
> >> David.
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>  > As I am doing more and more Linux work I'd like to build a Linux
> >> desktop for
> >>> work.  My requirements are fairly open but I do want a small, fairly
> >> quiet
> >>> desktop machine and I'd really like two monitors.  I was considering
> >> using
> >>> my G4 mini for the job running either OS X or Ubuntu PowerPC build but
> a)
> >> I
> >>> wouldn't have a secondary monitor and b) I'm not sure how I would
> connect
> >> to
> >>> my work laptop that runs XP Remote Desktop.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions for what hardware to use as my desktop?  Small and
> silent
> >> is
> >>> what I'm after.  Optical drive is unnecessary.
> >>>
> >>> Also has anyone had any success connecting to a XP Remote Desktop
> session
> >>> using Linux (or a mac)?
> >>>
> >>> Greg
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