On 15/02/2005 7:57 AM, AB2RC wrote:
On 2005-02-15, Leland C. Scott wrote:

I received the following E-mail from Paul Swart ) at
Starnet Communications about a special license fee for their X-Win32 client
software for running Linux X-Window desktop, and apps, remotely over the
Internet or a LAN connection. I would think there would be some Hams who
would be interested in contacting Paul about his proposal.

http://www.starnet.com/products/

I've tried the demo out using the Gnome desktop under Fedora Core 3 and it's
a really slick bit of work.

I can doo this all for free.. I just export my xsession from one linux
machine to another linux machine.

I can see no advantage to running an exported xsession from a *nix machine
to a windows desktop.

*shrug* It is certainly a handy thing to be able to do. With all the
amateur radio software available to Win32 users, it makes sense for many
to run Windows. Having the option of running X apps from a headless
server just adds more value to both systems, and is a great way to
extend the usefulness of your network.

The only problem I've run into is that these are X emulators. This
means some apps will behave strangely, or not work at all, when run in
this environment. Java Swing/AWT apps are notorious for this
(InstallAnywhere, I'm looking in your direction.)

*nix-based operating systems like Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X can benefit
from running a local X server, with the added benefit that these are
"real" X servers, allowing problematic Java apps to run.

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clvrmnky

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