connecting Xp to Suse
 

i have 2 machines , xp and suse ,

can i set the machines in a way to run my suse from my xp?(read , execute programs)

is it doable using a USB ?

thanks

Firstly - A word of caution -

Do not use a NORMAL USB cable to connect these two computers

I repeat

Do not use a NORMAL USB cable to connect these two computers
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You can use a crossover cable - it works just well

once you are done with that -
just go in for some short steps with samba - It is real easy to configure samba - on eaither suse/fedora.

thanks for ur reply !!!

i ll try to configure samba ,

but the thing i didnt get , is why a normal usb connection is not recommended?

you can burn the USB ports of your computers or even their power supplies

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/248

Samba is a way to share files from the two OS' using the SMB protocol thingie.

If you want to execute programs on Suse remotely from Winxp i would look into ssh, which you can run via putty and have access to the CLI on your SUSE box. It can also be setup to allow x-forwarding, so you can open the suse program on windows xp.

Or you can setup a vnc server/client.