* 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 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 > machine if I want to use it. I'm also want to try some free X servers for > Win32 (any suggestions?) so that I could actually log in through X.
Have a look at cygwin. ISTR you can run an X server under it, and you might even be able to use openssh with X tunneling and all that. > 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? Yes. > Also if I could do that, could I then log in back again later and find the > applications I left there and interact with them as if I hadn't left? (I > guess this if this is possible at all, it will be more difficult with X.) Yes. Have a look at e.g. screen package. Dima -- Surely there is a polite way to say FOAD. -- Shmuel Metz "Go forth and multiply". -- Paul Martin
