[Info-vax] OSes

[Bill Cunningham]

"Stephen Hoffman" <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote in message 
news:n7h3oh$aga$1 at dont-email.me...

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> Since you're a proponent of using the command line, how about using the 
> command line for a while on OpenVMS, until you become more familiar with 
> how OpenVMS and DCL works.   For command line management and operations - 
> which is largely how OpenVMS is managed and operated - there's usually 
> little or no advantage to remote X displays over using ssh directly - 
> without using X forwarding - and a whole lot of added overhead.
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Well one thing is too I am just learning vms. So I as expected don't know 
how to set VMS  for X or ssh. Johnny is making a good point upthread. If X 
runs over TCP why does it need forwarded? Maybe that's another conversation.

Bill