screen sharing on Ubuntu?

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 12:12:06AM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-08-03 at 14:15 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > There used to be lots of X servers for windpows, way back when I used
> > to run Windows NT4 as my desktop machine with an X server on it
> > showing my main Linux machine.
> 
> I know, I used one (early 2000's), and it was an absolute bastard.
> Extraordinarily difficult to install and configure. Maybe there were
> better ones I dodn't know about. Maybe there are better ones now -
> which would you recommend?
> 
Ooh, it was a *long* time ago for me too so I don't think I'm going to
be much help.  I know I did actually pay for it.


> > > My specific need is for a Windows user to be able to see (and
> > > ideally control) an Ubuntu desktop, remotely.
> > > 
> > Well I don't see installing an X server being any more difficult than
> > installing other things *and* you don't have to do anything at the
> > Ubuntu end at all.
> 
> Maybe I'm just ignorant, but how can I get my X desktop onto another
> person's X display (Windows or otherwise) so that they can see it and
> control it?
> 
You run xdm (or another window manager) and, if it's configured to do
it, that allows you to specify a remote machine's X desktop to log
into and displays it on your X server.

-- 
Chris Green