tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336457610255402878.post8216060818419862744..comments2015-01-03T20:46:39.455+00:00Comments on Jaffa Software: Running Debian proper alongside MaemoAndrew Flegghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02721892735482100544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336457610255402878.post-29160906730620806542007-02-20T18:42:51.000+00:002007-02-20T18:42:51.000+00:00VNC is OK, but I was actually more excited by the ...VNC is OK, but I was actually more excited by the ability to run X-windows applications by remote control. I installed the xterm program and SSH (the description of which didn't make clear whether it was the client component, server or both), and then from an Xterm window:<br><br>ssh -X userid@192.168.0.10<br>password:*****<br><br>and I could do just about anything I wanted on the target machine. I am a KDE user so I launched konqueror from which I could also launch firefox, read e-mail, move files around, reboot or shutdown the remote system.<br><br>To me this makes a lot more sense when the target system is also Linux based. For a remote Windows or OSX system VNC would be needed of course. While OS X supports X-windows, none of the standard OS X applications support OS X.<br><br>Using X-windows, each newly launch application has it's own window on the N800.<br><br>What I still haven't figured out how to do on the N800 is to do the equivalent of "right click" on something. I'm sure there must be a secret keypress or something to do this.macbeachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336457610255402878.post-54432531514758980972007-02-21T23:22:07.000+00:002007-02-21T23:22:07.000+00:00What is performance like when running Firefox loca...What is performance like when running Firefox locally?<br>Timnoreply@blogger.com