rdesktop update
The last bit to get me over to Ubuntu full time has been getting rdesktop working with my headless vista server which I have no intention of turning into an ubuntu machine in the near future for the simple reason that it runs mozy in order to back up all of the stuff on my NAS RAID array. I may eventually figure out a way around that, but for the moment, my kludged solution works.
I’ve been having trouble getting the terminal services client that comes with ubuntu to recognize my vista machine’s name and realized that it like IP addresses. Since those change now and again when my vista box reboots, I figure I’d better give that thing a static IP so as I’ll be able to get back into it when I do go Ubuntu full time on the m1330.
To lookup a machine by its windows name, take a look here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/ping-netbios-names-from-linux-samba-271336/
Awesome, thank you!
Try spideroak as an alternative to Mozy. It will run in any OS and you only pay for the storage. You can access your data from any machine for free. spideroak.com
Sorry, spideroak wouldn’t work for me (too costly). I have over 150GB backed up on mozy right now. That includes over 17,000 photos, many hours of home videos, music collection, and of course, documents. I don’t mind using an old PC for this since it is a rather cheap solution for my needs (and also since the synctoy is already scheduled).