Mac client of a Debian server

Hello,
We just installed a Debian server (dual boot start up: Linux or Windows), and a dual boot client at our Info Room. After some time, all the 8 machines will be dual boot Linux or Windows.
But I am the one who is in charge of the room most of the time.
And I use Mac OS X 10.3.9 on my iBook G4.
The questions:
1) How can I access the server and run Linux programs that are in the server, from my iBook?
(I have to learn some Linux applications to show how they work to other teachers and students.)
2) Should I use X11, Terminal or install additional software?
Step by step, please.
Thanks in advance,
Lucas (the guy from Rio Grande do Sul)

Olá,
Sou professor de Matemática, numa escola pública, mas tenho apenas uma turma e o meu tempo maior é ocupado no Laboratório (?) de Informática.
São 8 máquinas, que rodam o sistema operacional Windows XP.
Agora, depois de dois anos tentando implantar o Linux (já que não daria para implantar o Macintosh), finalmente consegui o aval da direção.
A escola, no entanto, não vai abandonar o Windows: as máquinas terão Dual Boot, inclusive o servidor.
Para que as outras máquinas rodem o Debian, o servidor deverá estar no Debian.
O meu problema é que eu não quero usar o monitor de tubo dos computadores da escola e pretendo acessar o servidor, do meu iBook, que tem tela que não castiga os olhos e que roda o Mac OS X 10.3.9 .
Caso consiga isso, quero perceber as manhas do OpenOffice e da planilha Gnumeric já instalados no Debian (especialmente a suite do OpenOffice), para passar para os meus colegas e estudantes.
Preciso mostrar-lhes que dentro dos programas livres, existem alternativas para o Word, Excel, Access e PowerPoint, bem como programas específicos de Matemática e de outras áreas.
A questão, portanto, é: como fazer o uso do servidor Debian, dentro do iBook rodando o Mac OS X?
Depois da dica dada pelo Jason, acabei achando o Fugu, mas, ainda não consegui configurar o iBook. Embora tenha dito, anteriormente, que não havia conseguido instalar o BSD Subsystem, através de um BSD pkg, que tinha no Macintosh HD, localizei o CD do Panther e, consegui instalar o dito.
Outro dia teve uma mensagem que falava do teclado e, talvez seja um dos problemas.
O que puderes me passar eu agradeço,
Nota: vou passar esta mensagem também para o teu e-mail, para que possamos ter contato direto, via e-mail (aliás, o meu mudou e não consegui mudar no meu profile do Apple Discussion) e iChat.
Um abraço,
Lucas (the guy from Rio Grande do Sul)

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