Remote desktop

[Ian Key]

I've found Xming to be useful. The application Xlaunch will allow access to the desktop, faster than VNC and simpler, as you don't need to perform the extra steps.....

----- Original Message ----
From: Dick Dowdell <dick.dowdell at gmail.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Sunday, 3 February, 2008 5:33:29 PM
Subject: Re: Remote desktop

Thanks, 
I'll 
give 
it 
a 
try.

On 
Sun, 
Feb 
3, 
2008 
at 
12:29 
PM, 
Gilles 
Gravier 
<gilles at gravier.org> 
wrote:
> 
Hi!
>
> 
I 
use 
MindTerm 
(it's 
free, 
written 
in 
Java, 
so 
runs 
on 
just 
about 
anything)
> 
: 
http://www.appgate.com/mindterm/
> 
Once 
logged 
in 
through 
SSH, 
I 
open 
2 
tunnels 
: 
ports 
5801 
and 
5901 
from
> 
remote 
host 
to 
localhost
>  
Then 
on 
the 
Ubuntu 
machine, 
I 
launch 
vnc 
(creates 
a 
new 
session) 
or 
vino
> 
(logs 
me 
into 
my 
local 
session)
> 
Then 
from 
my 
Windows, 
Linux, 
Solaris, 
Mac 
or 
whatever 
I 
have 
at 
hand, 
I 
just
> 
launch 
"vncviewer 
localhost:1"
>
> 
(:1 
and 
5X01 
imply 
virtual 
display 
:1 
on 
the 
Ubuntu 
machine 
- 
if 
your
> 
display 
is 
YY 
then 
use 
:YY 
and 
58YY 
and 
59YY)
>
> 
If 
your 
Ubuntu 
has 
the 
java 
applets 
for 
the 
VNC 
server, 
you 
can 
open 
(once
> 
the 
SSH 
tunnels 
are 
up) 
http://localhost:5801/ 
and 
you 
get 
a 
Java 
VNC
> 
instead 
of 
having 
to 
run 
a 
locally 
installed 
VNC 
viewer 
(nice 
from 
a
> 
cybercafe).
>
> 
I 
actually 
have 
a 
web 
page 
on 
my 
home 
server 
on 
which 
I 
serve 
the
> 
MindTerm.jar 
applet... 
so 
that 
from 
any 
point 
on 
the 
internet, 
including
> 
hotel 
PCs, 
customer 
systems, 
cybercafes, 
I 
go 
to 
my 
web 
server 
and 
launch
> 
MindTerm, 
then 
open 
the 
tunnels, 
then 
open 
http://localhost:5801/ 
and 
voila,
> 
I'm 
looking 
at 
my 
machine 
from 
a 
relatively 
secure 
connection 
- 
that 
is,
> 
provided 
there 
are 
no 
key 
loggers 
on 
the 
cybercafe's 
machine, 
which 
is 
a
> 
different 
issue)
>
> 
Gilles.
>
>
> 
On 
2/3/08, 
Dick 
Dowdell 
<dick.dowdell at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> 
>
> 
> 
How 
can 
I 
access 
my 
7.10 
desktop 
over 
SSH 
from 
Window 
XP 
Pro?
> 
>
> 
>
> 
> 
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Gravier 
- 
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