Effectively, by this tutorial, we will be disabling logins on the ubuntu box, and just using gdm and the x-server to talk to a server on the local network using XDMCP. This means, that you’ll actually login to the remote server, and use the remote servers’ data and processing power.
WARNING: This will disable GUI access [...]
Firstly, when doing hardware maintenance, remember to plug all leads back in. (I’m so glad I’m not the only one who’s forgotten this: http://err.no/personal/blog/tech/2007-02-06-12-38_powerless_disks)
To open a terminal in Ubuntu, go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal
To add shortcuts from the applications listing to your desktop or top/bottom panel, browse to the location of the program [...]
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