Remote desktop in Ubuntu

[NoOp]

On 10/23/2008 10:13 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> 
>> On 10/23/2008 06:39 AM, Christian wrote:
>>> Hi all, Is it possible for a Windows user to connect to my Ubuntus
>>> desktop through some client for Windows and we can work with the
>>> system at the same time? If so, what client? Many thanks, Christian
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Others have mentioned VNC & that will work - however VNC will want to
>> control the desktop so both users will be fighting for the desktop/mouse
>> etc., at the same time. If you understand that it will work just fine.
> 
> Not necessarily.  If you enable XDMCP, VNC gives you a completely separate
> login on the Ubuntu system (when it connects, you start at the xdm/kdm/gdm
> login screen).  However...  XDMCP is poorly documented and while I had it
> working for a while, it broke and I found it easier to install NX than fix
> it.

Yeah. I tried that some time back & it also broke so I did the same (NX).

> 
>> Note: You'll still want to install UltraVNC (or other) on the Windows
>> machine so that you can go from the Ubuntu machine back to the Win
>> machine (just use the already installed terminal server client).
> 
> For that, there's krdc if you can bring yourself to using KDE...

I used krdc for quite some time, but found that I like the new terminal
server client better & also allows me to have control of desktop size &
color when using VNC.