[TriLUG] looking to build a small Linux desktop

Greg Brown gwbrown1 at gmail.com
Thu May 29 13:44:48 EDT 2008


After some deliberation I'll probably (at least possibly) go with my Mac
Mini running OS X with screens enabled then keep my Remote Desktop XP on one
screen, run Linux via a VM in another screen and run all my "X" apps on yet
another screen.  Should work.  I think.  :)

Greg

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:

>  There was another app that did this. I thought it was called synapse, or
> something. I saw it
> on techTV [remember that?] like 4 years ago. You could actually copy/paste
> between systems. Aaaaaaahh ... Google reveals it -> Synergy.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Michael Ansel <michael.ansel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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> > If you are wanting 2 monitors set up with one Linux and the other
> > Windows, check out x2vnc. Using this, you connect a monitor to each
> > system and VNC into the Windows box. When you move the mouse to the
> > edge of the Linux screen, it jumps over VNC to the Windows system. You
> > get the same effect as dual monitors on Linux with one running full
> > screen VNC, but if you wanted you could also run advanced graphics on
> > the Windows system. The only down side is that you can't turn off the
> > VNC session to double your Linux screen real estate. So far, this has
> > worked out beautifully for me
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > Jason Watts wrote:
> > > 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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