Re: [cobalt-developers] Re: New Raq user familiar with NT

[Chuck <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wim Aarts wrote:

> You might consider using the rack as an X-terminal server. If you do so you
> can install an X-windows package on a Windows system that enables you to
> access the gui of the redhat desktop.

The RaQ cannot be an Xterminal server. To be an Xterm server
you need to have a video card (at least). What you meant is
X-client. For example, in theory, you could run xdm on the
RaQ, and service X-terminals or other X-servers using the client
apps that you would need to install on the RaQ.

> You might try Reflection... for a start.

Proven and inexpensive tools for Windows would be Xwin32, Exceed.
However, to install X on a RaQ is a non trivial thing if you are
new to Linux. I'm sure someone like Jeff Lassman could help you.

Having said that, it is worth the effort, as you have all the admin
tools available for Linux as nice GUIs. From your Win box, you
could log in with an xdm session to your RaQ, and have the very
nice KDE or GNOME destop at your fingertips. In your example, you could
use "ktop" (from the start menu naturally) instead of "ps",
and a nice window would pop up similar to Windoze taskmanager,
but of course *ways* better.


> > "Michelle A. Hoyle" <michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am a new new Raq user more familiar with NT than Unix or Linux.
> > >
> > > My company just got some Raq4's...
> >
> > Ditto!
> >
> > I am sure there are thousands of people in the same boat as us.
> > I have used Unix and Linux, but my main experience is with GUI-based
> > systems like Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 and Macintosh.
> >
> > The reason I bought a Raq4 systems in the first place was primarily
>
> because it
>
> > offers a friendly GUI front-end!
> >
> > Could Cobalt create a new group for people like me who would rather use a
>
> GUI
>
> > application/utility than the command-line?
> >
> > Maybe Raq users/Cobalt could post some friendly front-ends to standard
> > command-line commands, eg instead of:
> >     ps -A
> > one could have a Java application wrapped-around this to offer something
> > similar to the friendly Task Manager GUI application in Windows.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?