Re: [WinMac] FW: Thanks and Another Question

Darryl Lee(lee[at]darryl.com)
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:20:09 -0700 (PDT)

Phil asked about:
> > Xwindows on Unix? I was wondering if it would help me interact with the
> > Unix crowd with more efficiency?

Scott wrote:
> I don't know if there's a freeware/shareware X package for
> the Mac. X software is not generally cheap...

Here's one: http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/mix/

It may not be the best, but i do recall that it worked.

But i think Scott's right about trying to figure out what you actually
want to *do* with the Unix crowd? Telnet will give you command-line
access to a Unix server, which is oftentimes plenty. X just gives you
a GUI to Unix. i don't thinks it makes your interactions any more
_efficient_. Do you need to get to files on the Unix server? Then
you'll need an NFS client (or maybe you could get the Unix gurus to
install netatalk, an Appletalk File Server for Unix.)

But it all depends on what you want to do.

Oh, and um, no offense Dan, but i don't think Linux or even MkLinux
will really help Phil here. Unless he wants to reboot his Mac
whenever he wants to interact with the Unix world. >:P

--Darryl

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