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| (...) I have VNC set up, and I use it sometimes - but transferring 1600x1200 on a 56K, even over a compressed SSH is too slow for comfort... :/ (...) 56K - I've used X over 33k before, and it was better than vnc - still less data transferred, I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Xwin32 is free for 2 hours of use per session. There's another one called something like M/X, but if I remember right, it's not as good. You could also use VNC.... How fast is your network connection? If it's less than 1.5MB both ways, I'd not (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Hey geeks :) Anyone know of a free X server for windows I could use? I really want to be able to edit stuff off my work computer at home, but it's so hard without VIM/Emacs... Or, another option, instead of an x server, anyone ever tried to forward (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Good for you. :) (...) Well, this of course can be a very religious debate. But here's my opinions: I really like Red Hat -- that's my recommendation for where to start. Once you feel more comfortable, you may want to try out Debian. You may (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) well, I'm biased, but the only dist I've any experience with is Redhat... If you have background in unix, you should be fine figuring out RH... (...) definitely possible to have both win98/linux installed on the same comp, and to do that you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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