//snip Robert Ian Smit wrote: > Putty looks to the uneducated user like a DOS-box. If you need > graphical programs, I can't help you other than to say it's > possible. Have a look at the HOWTOs wrt to X Window System and > remote applications. For this to work, you will need to spend a > reasonable amount of time and effort to configure the Windows > systems. >
I have found the quickest way to get X on a windows box is to install cygwin with the appropriate support for X. Cygwin website: http://www.cygwin.com/ The Cygwin install is quite simple. Some tips: 1.) Because you are installing this to many windows machines, I would recommend that you choose on your first install to download the components from the internet. This will allow you to save these files to a network location (possibly your new Debian GNU/Linux box running samba!) and in future windows installations you can tell the installer to install from a local directory. This will save on time and bandwidth. 2.) When selecting packages, you will be interested in a very base install on the client (in this case the Windows machines). You will want to install some X components here. Like I said, you will want to keep this installation very basic. Most of your work (if I understand your question correctly) will be done by students on a windows machine connected to the Debian box. Try to install a minimal set of tools on the client side so that they do their work on the linux box and not on the Cygwin client. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
