* MuHammed Lonon <mjl3781_at_yahoo.com> [021108 01:36]:
> > It depends on what you mean by "use like a unix box
> > in the lab". What
> > software do you want to run on your laptop that you
> > used to run in the
> > Sun lab? Is it commercial software? Is it open
> > source software? Will
> > you be using your laptop connected to a fast network
> > connection with
> > access to the Sun lab?
> >
>
> All of the software(Cadence, PSpice(?), CAD, etc) is
> on the server. I want to be able to come in the lab,
> hook up my laptop and access the server's software.
> AFAIK the lab is like any other unix lab. The
> desktops can run local stuff but all the commercial
> apps are on the server. So yes I guess I basically
> want soomething that will allow me to run the software
> on the server.
OK, then if you have an X server on your laptop, you should be able to
run the software on the server and display the GUI on your laptop.
XDarwin is a Free X server for OS X based on XFree86, and OroborOSX is a
window manager for OS X that gives X applications an Aqua-like
appearance.
<http://oroborosx.sourceforge.net/>
-Scott
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