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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 2 Jan 2016 14:41:48
Message: <568827fc$1@news.povray.org>
Am 02.01.2016 um 20:35 schrieb Jaime Vives Piqueres:
> I second your suggestions... and if he already has Xming, running ssh
> with x11 forwarding should be easy and work like a charm to just edit
> files, render and display the results. I used to do that from my windows
> laptop when my monitor died, until I got a new one.

I might come back to you for some practical advice, if you don't mind.


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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 2 Jan 2016 14:50:12
Message: <568829f4$1@news.povray.org>
El 02/01/16 a las 20:41, clipka escribió:
> I might come back to you for some practical advice, if you don't mind.
>

   I will be glad to give back something to you, of course.

--
jaime


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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 2 Jan 2016 14:59:37
Message: <56882c29$1@news.povray.org>
El 02/01/16 a las 20:38, clipka escribió:
>
> Testing the preview display on Linux should be possible; also I'd like
> to have the possibility to edit files directly on the Linux box, but I'm
> pretty unfamiliar with both vi and emacs keyboard controls, and more of
> a mouse jockey anyway, so that rules out SSH/telnet.

   No, using X11 forwarding you can just use SciTE: works fine with the 
mouse, manages BIG files amazingly, and it even has a POV-Ray addon for 
syntax highlighting.

> Ubuntu is indeed on my list of candidates, for that very reason. I don't
> like its default user interface though, and I guess it's not optimized
> for remote operation either, so I'd probably want to install some
> alternative interface.

   Again, not a problem if you just use ssh with x11... if you want to 
manage files, just call nautilus from the command line.

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jaime


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From: Dick Balaska
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 6 Jan 2016 00:16:24
Message: <MPG.30f66d202e0988b989695@news.povray.org>
In article <5688092d@news.povray.org>, ano### [at] anonymousorg says...
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> can someone recommend a Linux distribution satisfying the following
> requirements:
> 
> - 64 bit
> - long-term support
> - headless operation
> - FAST remote GUI access from a Windows desktop

I use Ubuntu. I install the server edition so I get a text console.  If 
you install the Workstation, then you get a gui console. It might be no 
big deal but that's what I prefer.  The server edition doesn't come with 
X proper, so I run `sudo apt-get install xclock` and it pulls in all of 
X.


If you're really counting megabits then learn ye vnc 
(vncserver/vncviewer).

I use/support 6000 boxes.  (Is it really a lan when you use all of 10/8 
?) Most of the time I use ssh, but when I need to run our store's app, I 
use vnc, which gives me a remote desktop that is fast.
X is a pig is a pig is a pig. Wait, let me say that again. X-is-a-pig-
is-a-p
uh! autowrap, I'll need to redraw. But first I have to unload my buffer.
ig-is-a-pig.
X-is-a-pig-(don't move your mouse!)is-pig-is-a-pig.


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 9 Jan 2016 18:55:29
Message: <56919df1@news.povray.org>
Am 02.01.2016 um 19:03 schrieb Le_Forgeron:

> Actually, from my experiment at work, even a light manager still
> consumes about 10 MBytes/seconds (it was running a virtual box over a
> remote (LAN) connection), so it is not a good idea to run a full
> session on the headless; better have the windows desktop also manages
> the X11 windows, and limits the traffic.

MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

I now officially have THE X-FACTOR!
I'm one of the X-MEN!
I am INVINCIBLE!

(grabs something long and pointy and rushes off...)
*BANZAI!!*


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From: tth
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 9 Jan 2016 21:23:26
Message: <5691c09e$1@news.povray.org>
On 01/10/2016 12:55 AM, clipka a dit:

> I'm one of the X-MEN!
> I am INVINCIBLE!

    xeyes is _much_ better without the title bar ;)


-- 
http://foo.bar.quux.over-blog.com/article-thsf-2013-114632120.html


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 9 Jan 2016 21:38:53
Message: <5691c43d$1@news.povray.org>
Am 10.01.2016 um 03:23 schrieb tth:
> On 01/10/2016 12:55 AM, clipka a dit:
> 
>> I'm one of the X-MEN!
>> I am INVINCIBLE!
> 
>    xeyes is _much_ better without the title bar ;)

Blasphemy! I'll kill you with my newly acquired superpowers!
I'll *STARE* you to death with my *X-RAY EYES*...
... *WITH* title bar and all!


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 9 Jan 2016 22:01:04
Message: <5691c970@news.povray.org>
Am 10.01.2016 um 00:55 schrieb clipka:
> Am 02.01.2016 um 19:03 schrieb Le_Forgeron:
> 
>> Actually, from my experiment at work, even a light manager still
>> consumes about 10 MBytes/seconds (it was running a virtual box over a
>> remote (LAN) connection), so it is not a good idea to run a full
>> session on the headless; better have the windows desktop also manages
>> the X11 windows, and limits the traffic.
> 
> MWAHAHAHAHA!!!
> 
> I now officially have THE X-FACTOR!
> I'm one of the X-MEN!
> I am INVINCIBLE!
> 
> (grabs something long and pointy and rushes off...)
> *BANZAI!!*

Behold my superpowers in action!
*HOKA-HEY!*



(pauses a moment, turning to the audience)

Do I come across as a bit off the rails?



(shrugs his shoulders, as if to shake off some thought, then grabs a
cutlass and a rope that happens to be dangling on the stage from above,
and swings off the stage)

*ARRRH!!* Shiver me timbers!

(The scene painting is being pulled up to the roof, while other entirely
unrelated ones come crashing down; then metallic and wooden clatter is
heard offstage, accompanied by muffled curses.)


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From: Le Forgeron
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 10 Jan 2016 03:48:35
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Le 10/01/2016 04:00, clipka a écrit :
> Am 10.01.2016 um 00:55 schrieb clipka:
>> Am 02.01.2016 um 19:03 schrieb Le_Forgeron:
>> 
>>> Actually, from my experiment at work, even a light manager
>>> still consumes about 10 MBytes/seconds (it was running a
>>> virtual box over a remote (LAN) connection), so it is not a
>>> good idea to run a full session on the headless; better have
>>> the windows desktop also manages the X11 windows, and limits
>>> the traffic.
>> 
>> MWAHAHAHAHA!!!
>> 
>> I now officially have THE X-FACTOR! I'm one of the X-MEN! I am
>> INVINCIBLE!
>> 
>> (grabs something long and pointy and rushes off...) *BANZAI!!*
> 
> Behold my superpowers in action! *HOKA-HEY!*
> 
> 
> 
> (pauses a moment, turning to the audience)
> 
> Do I come across as a bit off the rails?
> 
> 
> 
> (shrugs his shoulders, as if to shake off some thought, then grabs
> a cutlass and a rope that happens to be dangling on the stage from
> above, and swings off the stage)
> 
> *ARRRH!!* Shiver me timbers!
> 
> (The scene painting is being pulled up to the roof, while other
> entirely unrelated ones come crashing down; then metallic and
> wooden clatter is heard offstage, accompanied by muffled curses.)
> 

Oh, dear, what did I do... created such ... unspeakable... oh, dear...


Well, I bet it's what one get when one learns another to fish instead
of giving just a fish a day.


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From: jhu
Subject: Re: Ideal Linux distribution
Date: 7 Mar 2016 01:35:00
Message: <web.56dd20c141068662194284cc0@news.povray.org>
I'm partial to Debian.


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