-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Owen Townend wrote: > On 17 Jun 2008 04:01:26 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> DC> The wife uses one computer, I use another. We are both connected to >> DC> the internet via a router, as such we can SSH into one another's >> DC> boxen. Is there a way to pop up a message on the wife's machine, by >> DC> SSHing in and having root access. We both use KDE 3.x if it matters. I >> >> does no one use 'talk' anymore? >> >> lish "i never realized >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ignoring him was an option." -sp >> >> > > Hey, > Talking is a viable option, though less convenient depending on the > distance between the computers. My brother and I used to chat over > msn/gtalk despite being in the same house. A normal use case was > sending a link then going to his room to show/chat about the page. > Without the initial step then either I'd have to go get him and bring > him back to my pc or take up more time trying to navigate back to the > same page. > You could always setup your own internal chat server or join up to > one of the mainstream ones, though xmessage may fulfill the need as > `echo "hey"|xmessage -nearmouse -file -` is simple enough. > > cheers, > Owen. > > My housemates and I use msn for talking crap, and my irc network for shouting abuse at each other in a more readable way.
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