VNC

I've found myself wishing there were an easy way to do this several times. For instance... I'm on my powerbook on a dial up connection . I ssh into my G4 which is on a cable modem. I download a bit torrent torrent file using wget to the G4. I then type "open file.torrent" which launches bit torrent and opens the torrent file. The problem is, at this stage, bit torrent...

use vnc from the remote computer to access Mail.app thru the GUI. ...

You would probably have to modify VNC so you could have floating windows. Otherwise, you'd just get a screenshot of the other computer. ...

I want to work with Dreamveaver, Fireworks,.... on my Linux box. For this reason VNC is too slow.... ...

no there isnt a client for Linux :( VNC is very slow

VNC is probably your best bet on this one. I suggest using VNC4X it's a rather nice GUI wrapper for OSXvnc http://www.redstonesoftware.com/osxvnc/ ](which supports tight compression ). It also has some nice boot up features that are otherwise a hassle to setup. Check out: http://www.fan.gr.jp/~sakai/vnc.html (Don't let the Japanese fool you, it's localized for...

You can also use VNC the have both a client and server of OSX which is a free download. I use it export my Mac's display to the Windows XP laptop work gave me. ...

Basically what you're getting with XPPro is a stripped down version of terminal services and that is what allows the thing to work (much better than a "dumb" solution like vnc over the limited bandwidth of wifi). Anyone who's seriously considering spending $1000 for these things, might not blink at paying another $200 for a XPPro license if you really need this kind of...

Currently - B&W w/OWC 550 G3 installed with OSX and OS9 Performa 6400 - OS8.5 PPC 5400 - BeOS Pro and MacOS8.5 Dell Laptop inspiron 4000 - XP Compaq Ipaq Desktop Piii 866 w/XP installed Compaq Deskpro EN w/W2K installed ( WEB AND ftp SERVER contralled through VNC)

Thanks for all the responses. I've tried X11 and can't get it to work (I have run it for 2 years on Linux) correctly. I'll look into vnc. Thanks, David