Jargons of Info Tech industry

[Mike Meyer]

axel at white-eagle.invalid.uk writes:
> In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
>> Chris Head <chris2k01 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> What advantages would those be (other than access from 'net cafes, but
>>> see below)?
>> And workplaces. Some people have more then one computer in the house. My 
>> partner can check her email when I had her over the computer. When I 
>> want to check my email when she is using it, I have to change the 
>> session, fire up Thunderbird (which eats away 20M), and change the 
>> session back.
> Not a Windows solution, but I find the 'screen' utility invaluable as
> I can have my email, news, and an editor open in different screens
> and then when I need to move to a different machine, I can simply
> detach and reattach screen without disturbing anything that
> might be running.

For a more  portable solution, check out VNC.

    <mike
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