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Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> I've been trying to clean up my machines (pruning world file, etc) and |
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> am making progress. |
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> I ran into one issue, that being on my server (mythtv, file, etc) I am |
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> normally in text/ssh mode but occasionally I need X for something. |
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> Does anyone have suggestions for a small-footprint window manager (I |
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> have no need for a full desktop environment) as twm is just fugly and |
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> sometimes not intuitive. I also don't need a file manager as I use |
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> Midnight Commander which works well for my needs. This all stems from |
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> occasionally needing a gui for configuring mythtv or the ability to |
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> have two shells open side by side. |
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> I am thinking others have most likely had this problem at some point |
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> and have found something that's lightweight for this type of purpose. |
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> Dan |
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I use icewm 1.3.8, now feel stuck in a rut because I want to also try jwm, ratpoison and i3, and upgrade where possible to icewm 1.4.x . |
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I see also the suggestion |
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$ ssh -Y <server> |
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but what would be the syntax for specifying <server> where <server> is a different computer on the same local network? |
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Tom |
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