creating a thin client?

[CaptainPinko]

i have an old powerbook (one of the first G3s) and while it can run YDL it runs it awfully slow and i can't even get OOo to open on it (not enough memory) but i do have a server (see the Duron in my sig) and i was thinking that with X11 forwarding over ssh i could put a lightweight wm on the mac and just run the apps over the 100 mbps lan. any suggestions as to how i would go about doing this? how do i create a command that would launch an application on the server from the laptop? use "ssh user:pass@server command" somehow? and suggestion are welcome. i'll post any success eventually as i "how i did it" (w/ credit where due obv)


ps- i know this isn't technically a thin client but it is kinda the same idea and i couldn't think of anythign better to call it

[dboyer]

I've been playing with this myself... and although i don't have all the answers you require, here are some starters (keep in mind that the configs are all on a slack system, yours may be slightly moved around)

My install by default had a ssh deamon running... i had to edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and uncomment the line:

X11Forwarding yes

then i would connect from a remote machine (laptop ;)) and connect using hte command `ssh -X dboyer@mymachine`

the -X tells ssh to enable forwarding, if the server allows... not sure how to automate parts of it (stop querying for passwords, etc) but that should help you rig something together