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This article from Linux.com talks about the improved performance that FreeNX offers over VNC and gives info on how to install it on Ubuntu:

http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/1718238&from=rss

While attempting to install DenyHosts, I got an error about "invalid Python installation". I found the solution here.

Basically just:


sudo apt-get install python2.4-dev


http://marc.abramowitz.info/archives/2006/04/09/ fixing-invalid-python-installation-error-on-ubuntu/

FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) rocks. Case in point, sshfs. - It's a filesystem client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol. Since most SSH servers already support this protocol it is very easy to set up: i.e. on the server side there's nothing to do. On the client side mounting the filesystem is as easy as logging into the server with ssh.

To set it up, just do this once:
$ sudo apt-get install sshfs
$ sudo adduser yourlocalusername fuse
(log out and back in so that it recognizes me as a member of the group "fuse")


Mounting is as easy as:
$ sshfs yourremoteusername@remotehost: mountpoint


To unmount:
$ fusermount -u mountpoint


Tip of the hat to Ubuntonista and of course Miklos Szeredi.

is a snap.

Just check out the FreeNX page on the Ubuntu Wiki

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