Remote desktop

Ian Key ian_key at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 3 17:55:55 UTC 2008


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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- 
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