Re: debian-to-windows message transfer
On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:21:26 +0000
Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> Russell L. Harris <russell@rlharris.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 11:42:24PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > >Most importantly, though, I'd try to figure out why your browser on
> > >Debian is having problems. If you create a brand new user account,
> > >and run the browser with no add-ons, does it also have problems
> > >with this web site? Maybe it's something in your main account's
> > >configuration.
> >
> > Hi, Greg. I think it has to do with DRM; a couple of times I have
> > seen a message to that effect flash on the screen briefly and
> > disappear.
> >
> > One day I could access the web site on any of my Debian systems; the
> > next day I got only a blank white screen on all of them. CHEWY must
> > have changed something on the web server. I have complained to
> > CHEWY to no avail.
> >
> > One of the CHEWY customer service people told me that her husband
> > runs Linux, and she spent about a half hour on the phone having me
> > change this and that; but the problem remained. I tried Firefox,
> > Chromium, and Brave.
> >
> > I solved the problem by ordering a refurbished Window$ box for
> > about a hundred dollars (free shipping). Life is too short to mess
> > around with things which can be avoided.
> >
> Would running remmina (or something similar) on you Linux systems
> allow you to access the Windows box? I do this so I can run some
> Epson scanner software on a windows 10 systme with control from my
> Debian (xfce in my case) desktop. All you need to do at the Windows
> end is allow access using RDP and it all 'just works'.
>
Only in professional or business versions of Windows, not in the home
version. It is possible a refurbished box has the pro version. There
are also third-party remote desktops for Windows.
SSH can certainly be used the other way around, from Windows to Linux.
Simon Tatham's PuTTY has been available on Windows for many years, and
is an SSH client among other things. There is now an sshd on Windows,
but I haven't tried it. There are various ways of getting a Linux
environment on Windows, such as WSL and Cygwin, but these are probably
overkill for this kind of job.
--
Joe
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