[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Newsreader question



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On 03/01/08 13:51, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
>> Well, X is network transparent, so why not just run the app on
>> node_a, and display it on current_node?
> 
> Jochen Schulz writes:
>> *Offline* reading.
> 
> Yes, "offline".  Run Leafnode on one machine on your local network and read
> news from any other using the newsreader of your choice.
> 
>> And I didn't talk about X applications either.
> 
> If you want to use an X newsreader run it on the machine serving the news
> and display it locally.  If you want to run a non-X newsreader use ssh.
> Actually, in either case the machine running the news server, the machine
> running the newsreader, and the machine you are sitting in front of could
> all be different.

Thus are the beauties of standards and networks.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"The kniiife..., the kniiife...  The life of the wife is ended
by the knife."
Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFHybw/S9HxQb37XmcRAs7tAKDgOcljixPLfStFzfW/G0/X4pDcgQCgyp3k
YGpE0VNlvOL2l6h/3r3Vys4=
=pleN
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


Reply to: