Hi, I come from a background of Windows, where things like I'm asking about weren't really part of the design. In Windows, I used NetMeeting to support my Dad when I was Down Under and he was still back in the States.
Now we're using GNU/Linux, which apparently (like Unix) inherently networks. I, however, don't know how to do it here. I'll do the RTFM, and ask better questions. But first, I need to know what to R about. I mean how do I do these things: 1) Run a program on someone else's machine. Both console and X. 2) Show them a program I'm running on mine. Both console and X. 3) Do it securely over the Internet. 4) Transfer files (besides attaching to email). Do I need to set up an ftp server on both machines? 5) Can I do 1, 2, and 3 for more than one person (I'm the Alpha Geek in my family). Thanks for pointers on what to bother reading about. Cheers, Bret -- bwaldow at alum dot mit dot edu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
