[BAH]

Are you able to do a remote desktop in linux as in the way you can in XP....?

The reason i ask is due to limited space in my room i dont have a monitor of Kbd/mouse connected to my .net server, i was going to have a go at setting up manderake but i would need to to have remote desktop after instalation is complete. is there a 3rd party app that can be installed or does it have something built in.

[xper]

yes, you can

try to install webmin (www.webmin.com) or go here http://rpmfind.net and find webmin for your distro. Install it and on windows PC type
h*tps://yourlocalip:10000, secure h*tp. Other that you need to instal
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and SSH.

Screenshots http://www.webmin.com/screens.html

Download
http://www.webmin.co...92-1.noarch.rpm

good luck

[BAH]

Thanks Xper...

[xper]

i think mandrake have webmin installed by default
not sure

type in console:
rpm -q webmin

adn if its there

type on cosole as root (su followed by root pass):

/etc/rc.d/init.d/webmin start

[XxMaNsOnX]

Really though, you don't need a GUI to administer a Linux machine; just use ssh to login remotely. The console is your friend..

There is also VNC, which is exactly like remote desktop. Webmin is just a way of administering services via a web browser.

I've never really used either though beyond just playing around. I'm just a console guy

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[xper]

just use webmin bah
and in the mean time you can learn to use
ssh over console

he need easy way to do things

i can't find one great article on freshmeat about
why linux or whatever OS's experienced users try to explain
to first time users things on such a hard way
like typing complicated commands in console

[XxMaNsOnX]

Cause really, that's the best way to learn. If you really want to learn Linux, I say check out the Linux From Scratch (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/) site and build your own Linux system. Use nothing but the console. READ THE DOCS. You can do it, and you'll learn so much in the process. It's what I did.

But also, what if X breaks? Or Apache stops working? If he's never even seen a bash prompt, how will he know what to do? He needs to learn basic commands, and how it all works to really do good. By learning that, he will also learn how to do basic things to keep the system secure and running correctly. He needs to know how to modify a configuration file. Or know how to use the compiler. Or do any thing which ammounts to a rock solid Linux system.

Sure, you could just install Linux and stick with the GUI, and probably just be fine. But you're only scratching the surface of Linux's power.

Not to mention you can work faster in the console... (Let me know if you want examples, but this post is long enough)

[xper]

I don't need any examples, but thx anyway
I use linux since 1996, Slackware was the first.

Today i use Red Hat on one computer, Windows XP on another and
Guardian Digital Linux as a server.

You are right about learning but some people simple have not time
for that. Sure console is more powerfool and faster, look at this example: when you need to chmod many files, instead to do that on every single file, you can do this:

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ;

and that will chmoded every single file in that directory at once

that is what i call power