Re: File server without the Xserver

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On 2011-03-12, Jari Fredriksson <jarif@iki.fi> wrote:
>
> On 12.3.2011 2:57, Dan wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorbius@gmail.com>=
>  wrote:
>>> on 18:37 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganchya@gmail.com) wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorbius@gmail.co=
> m>wrote:
>>> xauth is required by xbase-clients.  It'll get installed with that.
>>=20
>> Should I then install xbase-clients?
>>=20
>>=20
>
> No. I have a lean server, and I want to use gedit by PuTTY in Windows.I
> have XMing server on my Windows, and
>
> $ sudo apt-get install gedit
>
> is all I need to do to run gedit. apt-get will install whatever needed.
>

I wonder ... are there any native editors for MS Windows which support
remote filesystem protocols like sftp://? If you could find such
software then you could strip your server down even leaner.

Just a thought.

-- 
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland