[rookie1010]

Hi
I was wondering what the workspace in linux was for?
i mean how can i use the four workspaces in linux?

[shan]

i use it a lot when i'm coding website stuff pretty much.. 1 workspace for editor, 1 for ftp client and one for firefox...you can eaisly switch between them by doing ctrl-alt- arrow key. works great

[rookie1010]

so it is basically a way to keep your bottom task bar uncluttered?

[rookie1010]

hehehe

too bad we use windows at work, got to tell my boss to switch to linux

hehehe

[rookie1010]

hey is there a peformance benefit in using workspaces?

[horndude]

No performance benefit other than enabling you to have several desktops with windows open on each one.......just switch desktops instead of opening and closing windows all the time.

For example I use fluxbox window manager or GUI and have 8 workspaces or desktops set up.I use one for bittorrents, one for ftp, one for telneting/ftp'ing into my other boxes, one for firefox, one for editors and shells, one for a filemanager, and one for xmms, and one spare.

[rookie1010]

is fluxbox window manager freeware?

can you telnet into a windows machine?

[shan]

of course its free http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/

yes, you can telnet into a windows box as long as the windows box has a telnet server running and you have the passwords

[rookie1010]

would i have to install the telnet server on the windows box?

[horndude]

Yes, and I dont know of any freeware versions for windows.Since windows isnt a multiuser system it doesnt have any of the multiuser tools with it like linux does.