tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post8916526805293285091..comments2024-03-19T06:03:40.451+10:00Comments on marxy's musing on technology: Bonjour/Zeroconf fun on LinuxPeter Markshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13007012724570360389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-47652144679161025732007-07-03T17:07:00.000+10:002007-07-03T17:07:00.000+10:00I used to use xdmp but it's a bit more complex to ...I used to use xdmp but it's a bit more complex to set up than I'd like and I ran into trouble exporting KDE or Gnome desktops (errors with sound or something).<BR/><BR/>VNC seems pretty responsive to me and I have to say that Firefox starts up much faster on my linux box over VNC than it does locally. <BR/><BR/>I'm a big fan of Zeroconf and it would be great if every service had at least a simplePeter Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13007012724570360389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35901825.post-45735808062667449632007-07-03T15:00:00.000+10:002007-07-03T15:00:00.000+10:00If you set up your DHCP and DNS server right, you ...If you set up your DHCP and DNS server right, you can assign "static" hostnames and IP addresses so that everything should Just Work, without needing a Zeroconf-enabled client.<BR/><BR/>For each host that I want to set up on my network, I just ssh into my OpenWRT box, add the new host's MAC and IP addresses to /etc/ethers and the corresponding IP and hostname to /etc/hosts. SIGHUP the dnsmasq Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954201522416957112noreply@blogger.com