[distcc] windows and distcc

[Martin Pool]

Daniel Kegel wrote:
> Zahari Doychev wrote:
>
>>    Hi all,
>>    I am new to distcc and I am not sure that it is the thing that's right
>> for me.
>>    I have windows box and several linux boxes. I want to write and
>> edit all
>>    my code on windows machine and then compile it for one of the linux
>> boxes.
>>    All my programs are targeted to linux. I will appreciate any advise.
>
>
> You'd be happier developing on a Linux box, I think,
> because running your builds on Windows will be
> ungodly slow even with distcc.
>
> As a middle ground, you can ssh to the Linux box
> from your Windows box.  That way you don't need
> to deal with multiple monitors or keyboards.
> Many people use "putty" for this, or you can
> use the xterm and ssh that come with cygwin.

I agree with Dan.

I sometimes use vnc for this situation.  You can configure gdm to show a
login screen when you connect from a windows client, so it works just
like connecting to a Windows terminal server -- your screen persists
when you're not running it, etc.

--
Martin
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