Grrrr. That pissed me off when they discontinued the X client with R5. During the R4-R5 development cycle, a few things happened:
Server-based computing (Citrix, whatever) became a mainstream option for running apps.
Citrix ported their server-side stuff to Solaris.
Lotus discontinued their Solaris Notes Client.
So if you want to run a significant number of Notes clients over ICA, you're stuck with the (abysmal) scalability of NT and attendant high systems management costs. Of course, it was all the X clients that were discontinued at the same time (Solaris, AIX, HPUX). Linux never had one. HEY LOTUS! X11 IS a viable client platform!
If you look at the screenshots of the text browser, it's not a Lynx clone. Looks more like a console browser for victims of the evil David Siegel school of web design. The notable difference (from what little we can see) is that it renders tables as tables, not just table cells sequentially down a page. I'm hoping it also could cohabit with your GUI Opera on the same machine: sharing bookmarks, preferences (where they can be shared), and the like. Opera's just about the only thing I miss from Window$ these days. Can't wait for the X11 beta.
As coincidence would have it, I just noticed something called bnc4all on freshmeat. It's a bouncer rather than tunneling or using an encrypted alternative. If you want to increase security while still allowing plain old ftp clients to connect, it may be an option. I have no experience with it, and no idea of its utility.
On the other hand, ssh/scp rocks. First choice if you can do it.
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Grrrr. That pissed me off when they discontinued the X client with R5. During the R4-R5 development cycle, a few things happened:
So if you want to run a significant number of Notes clients over ICA, you're stuck with the (abysmal) scalability of NT and attendant high systems management costs. Of course, it was all the X clients that were discontinued at the same time (Solaris, AIX, HPUX). Linux never had one. HEY LOTUS! X11 IS a viable client platform!
>Where would Breathed, Larson, Watterson, et al. be today without him?
Say, what is Berke Breathed doing these days? Haven't heard a peep since he finished with Outland.
ObDonMartin: Thanks for all the laughs. We'll miss ya.
If you look at the screenshots of the text browser, it's not a Lynx clone. Looks more like a console browser for victims of the evil David Siegel school of web design. The notable difference (from what little we can see) is that it renders tables as tables, not just table cells sequentially down a page. I'm hoping it also could cohabit with your GUI Opera on the same machine: sharing bookmarks, preferences (where they can be shared), and the like. Opera's just about the only thing I miss from Window$ these days. Can't wait for the X11 beta.
As coincidence would have it, I just noticed something called bnc4all on freshmeat. It's a bouncer rather than tunneling or using an encrypted alternative. If you want to increase security while still allowing plain old ftp clients to connect, it may be an option. I have no experience with it, and no idea of its utility.
On the other hand, ssh/scp rocks. First choice if you can do it.