Remote Connection to Linux Machine

[Hakan Koseoglu]

MirJafar,

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 7:32 PM, MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com> wrote:
> Many time, we need to display graphical applications in the library, but it
> seems that I am unable to use "Putty" ( that is what all I know). I set X11
> forwarding, display setting to localhost0 and clicked on agent forwarding,
> still, I cann't get X display on Windows machines.
You need to have a X Server running on the Windows machine, for
example Xming (http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/).

> Second. is is possible to set up remote machine ( on windows) such that
> you can work as if you are sitting in front of Ubuntu machine, with all
> graphical windows, and applications ?
You can achieve that using XDMCP (http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XDMCP-HOWTO/)
or VNC server (and a couple of more similar solutions). The main
difference being where the X server is running and how you access it.
For simplicity you might find a full-screen VNC session easier to
manage and setup (simply install and run vncserver as your user and
set up a password, then modify your ~/.vnc/.xstartup to have a full
desktop as opposed to a minimalistic one. The other one will give you
a login screen etc. but all applications will terminate if you lose
your connection to the server whereas you can resume the VNC one.
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