Ken, If you're talking about a "real" desktop environment, such as KDE, or Gnome, I would not recommend doing that on Linux/390, even when using VNC. It's rather CPU intensive, which is not a good thing for a mainframe. VNC reduces the network bandwidth requirements over straight X, but it's still additional overhead you don't need to introduce.
If you're just talking about a few xterm sessions, etc., then that's not so bad, although still more costly than ncurses-based tools. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ken Vance Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GUI interface, X-windows with Exceed or WEB access? Hi, Is there a way of giving users a GUI desktop to a z/VM SuSE 8 server? I have been using the export display to the Hummingbird exceed product on some of the installs, but I am not sure if that is the best way for general access. Is there a way to sign-on from Internet Explorer? Eventually the users will be using this system for C++ compiles and source management. Thanks, Ken Vance Amadeus
