Don Russell wrote: >> If you use mc (Midnight Commander) you can just press enter when the >> cursor is on the rpm and you will be able to enter the rpm as it was >> a directory (so, you can easily copy the file somewhere). > > > Thanks, I got the files unpackaged, by going to the physical location of > my Linux box (upstairs. lol) Normally I do my linux work via a putty > client from my windows machine... and I don't have any of the nice GUI > things available. :-) Everything is CLI... Ok, but mc is *very* CLI. :-) It will work perfectly in putty. (set putty in UTF-8 charset mode if you see strange characters on the screen) > (That is on my list of things to do.... I should be able to run an X > window on my MS box and be just as it I were at the physical linux > box... time... time... time...) Another approach would be to run Xvnc on the server and a VNC client on your MS box. Easy to configure on the MS machine: you just install a VNC viewer; not too difficult on the server (/etc/sysconfig/vncservers and other details). The pro: you can turn off and on the MS machine and you find your Linux desktop in the conditions you left it last time. The con: it can be a little slow, but if you have 100Mbit/s ethernet you will not notice that too much; if you have gigabit you will not notice at all... I suppose you're not too interested in high security, as it is your home LAN. Best regards. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it
