Hello everyone. Like many on this list I'm sure, I end up being the recipient of old computers that friends and family unload on me every time the latest and greatest new thing comes out. A friend of mine just gave me (another) old laptop that he's not using anymore and I'm trying to figure out a use for this old beast so it doesn't end up another thing rotting away in a landfill.
What I was wondering is if it is possible to slap a copy of debian stable on this thing, hook it up to my lan, and some how use this to emulate a second monitor for my workstation. I don't know if X has the ability to do this, but I think I remember reading that somebody has done this, but my googling has come up nill. Ideally, I imagine having the laptop sitting on my desk, and when I log on to my workstation, it would connect to the laptop, start X there and connect back to the workstation. Then the laptop would display another workspace of my desktop. Does anybody know if this is possible, and if so, how does one go about setting this up? Any links, experience, or anything would be great as I'm at a bit of a loss as where to start. Thanks, Brent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]