From: Michael Havens > No MAC. Two Linux boxes and 1 Windows XP box. Is there a way to > make it so that I can have the desktop of the other computer on > another or else is this all text? [snip] That's a bit of a different question, and has nothing to do with NFS. This is more like "remote access". There are a bunch of ways; here are the most popular: VNC/TightVNC : Totally cross-platform, tested, stable, etcetera. On 'Doze, TightVNC Server will, if run, make the 'Doze desktop available to clients. On Linux, you want x11vncserver or its GUIfied/friendly counterparts KDE Desktop Sharing or the GNOME equivalent (vino?). Many clients exist. Pick your favorite; they usually have "vnc" in their name somewhere. NOTE: vncserver and tightvncserver create a virtual Display instead of sharing an already-existing Display. Windows Desktop Sharing : A 'Doze box can share its desktop to remote clients. There's a Linux client called rdesktop that works pretty well. Last I checked, there was a proof-of-concept Linux server that didn't work all that well, so this is pretty much one-way only. NXServer : Proprietary free as in beer, but quite fast over low-bandwidth links. It's a bit of a pain to set up. It works well once it's been set up. X11 : Can be used, usually isn't, since most modern X servers are started with -nolisten tcp , and GTK+ apps tend to behave badly when not able to connect to a local X socket. sshing to a Linux box is usually much faster than dragging a GUI around. But there are ways if you really need them. Don't forget that you can "ssh -Y remotehost xclient" to ssh to remotehost, then tunnel X over ssh, so that xclient is running on remotehost, but displaying on your local Display, which may be useful in some cases. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss