[TriLUG] looking to build a small Linux desktop

[Jason Watts]

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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