On 21 Jul 2006 08:30:29 -0700, neopotent@gmail.com staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
This is ... less optimal than you may think. If you're at computer M,
and there's a scanner at computer N, you have to walk over to computer N
and put the original on the scanner. Then you have to walk back to
computer M and do your scanning. Then you have to walk to computer N
and get your original back. You'd have fewer trips if you just took the
original over to computer N and scanned the thing locally.
This has existed for many years, under the names "TightVNC" and "X11".
Keep in mind that these are *general* solutions for the problem of
running a GUI app (or entire desktop environment) on machine N while
that app or environment displays on machine M and receives input from
machine M.
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You know you've been spending too much time on the computer when your
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