Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Sun and GPL

2007-05-27 Thread Naga
On Monday 28 May 2007 05:42:25 Wil Reichert wrote: > The thing I've wondered about GPL'ing java, is when do we finally get > a native 64 bit browser plugin? ++ I guess since M$ announced that Vista will be the last <64bit system they ship there will be one sooner rather then later. -- Naga --

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Sun and GPL

2007-05-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 27 May 2007, Isidore Ducasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Sun and GPL': > le Sun, 27 May 2007 23:32:49 + (UTC) > Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: > > They ARE considering dual-licensing Solaris under GPLv3, however, > > which they've been working closel

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Sun and GPL

2007-05-27 Thread Wil Reichert
On 5/27/07, Isidore Ducasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: le Sun, 27 May 2007 23:32:49 + (UTC) Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: > Not necessarily (or likely) /all/ their software, but significant parts > of it. OpenSolaris is currently CDDL, which /is/ OSI approved as a real > "open" licens

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Sun and GPL

2007-05-27 Thread Isidore Ducasse
le Sun, 27 May 2007 23:32:49 + (UTC) Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: > Not necessarily (or likely) /all/ their software, but significant parts > of it. OpenSolaris is currently CDDL, which /is/ OSI approved as a real > "open" license, but was designed in part deliberately to be GPLv2 >

[gentoo-amd64] Re: Sun and GPL

2007-05-27 Thread Duncan
Isidore Ducasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sun, 27 May 2007 13:11:03 +0200: > I've heard that Sun recently released the Java platform under GPL, and > that all of their softs are going to follow in a near future. Not necessarily (or likely) /all/ their soft

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely?

2007-05-27 Thread YoYo Siska
Mark Knecht wrote: > > Olivier and all others who responded: > > Thanks for the info. As always I appreciate it. I have looked at the > links everyone provided but I think they are way over my head. I'm > looking for an end-user sort of solution here. Thanks in advance for > helping me. > > The

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely?

2007-05-27 Thread Richard Freeman
Mark Knecht wrote: What I want to do is actually log in as one of them, start a Gnome session and see their desktop as they would see it but displayed here 350 miles away in a window on my machine. Ah, what you want is remote framebuffer support. kde-base/krfb will do the trick, and I know the

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely?

2007-05-27 Thread Peter Davoust
Ok, well what I would do, don't know if this is what you're looking for, I would edit /home/user/.autostart (.xinitrc?), or what have you, and just add the command to start vnc. That way it would always be running and no one would have to start anything. I'm not sure which file it is, I don't know

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely?

2007-05-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On 5/26/07, Olivier Crête <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, You have two choice, you can use Xvnc (its a pure-vnc X server). Or you can use something like Xdmcp. On Sat, 2007-26-05 at 12:07 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >Is it possible to run a complete Gnome desktop from a remote > location

[gentoo-amd64] Sun and GPL

2007-05-27 Thread Isidore Ducasse
le Sun, 27 May 2007 08:48:11 +0200 Joerg Gollnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit: [ Sujet: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely? ] > If you access a remote machine on a regular base outside the LAN, you have > the > choice: open source solutions VNC and FreeNX or closed source s

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can I run a complete desktop remotely?

2007-05-27 Thread Richard Freeman
Joerg Gollnick wrote: I played years ago with NX Server ( not FreeNX) over a WAN. It worked well and was fairly useable. They claim to be more efficient then VNC, as the NX protocol is interweaved with the X11 protocol itself. Best regards Jörg I gave up on freeNX on amd64 a while ago - it