Operating two computers as one...
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Charles256
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Operating two computers as one...
I have a second compuer here and I want to use it as if it was the computer I am currently on, is remote desktop connection the only option?
If you primary pc is windows and the secondary pc is windows xp professional, you should be able to use remote desktop. If the second pc is Linux, you can use Cygwin. http://www.cygwin.com/
Download it and be sure to install
inetutils
openssh
xorg xserver
Then start it..
type
If they are both Linux then you should be able to just forward the xserver by..
Download it and be sure to install
inetutils
openssh
xorg xserver
Then start it..
type
In the new window typestartx
It will then prompt you for a password and you can run Linux apps on your Windows PC. I do all of my development in Quanta so I use this virtually non-stop.ssh -l YOURLINUXUSERNAME -Y YOURLINUXIPADDRESS
If they are both Linux then you should be able to just forward the xserver by..
ssh -l YOURLINUXUSERNAME -Y YOURLINUXIPADDRESS
- Chris Corbyn
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I do this all the time using SSH. SSH can tunnel X connections too if you really need a GUI. You can export the $DISPLAY environment variable to another machine which has it in it's xhost list too. Of course these are all wonderful linux ideas. The only thing I've ver done with windows is Citrix, VNC and RDP.