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Remote desktop connection from XP to Linux.

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IamDavid

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I know, I know, what a stupid thing to need but I would like a program to do it. I have a 5 PC network in my apartment building and would like to be able to control the linux box (my file server) remotely from my main PC. I control all other PC's on the network with the Remote Desktop Sharing that comes with XP and would like to do the same to the linux one. I have looked around a bit and can only find one that goes from PC to MacOS.. Anyone ever see one for Linux? I don't care if its distro specific, I will easily change if needed..

Thanks in advanced, David..
 
Do a search on TinyVNC (a compressed version of Regular VNC). It will let you control the Linux box from the Windows machine, or the Windows box from the Linux machine (or Windows from other Windows. they have clients and servers for both. I think there's even a Mac version). It's not the quickest method (X11 is fastest for remote gui use), but it sounds like exactly what you need.
 
uhm, how about ssh for remote CLI... and I prefer xwin32 for remote X, no reason to bother with VNC if X is installed
 
Originally posted by: Abzstrak
uhm, how about ssh for remote CLI... and I prefer xwin32 for remote X, no reason to bother with VNC if X is installed
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PuTTY is a SSH client (I think it does Telnet as well).
 
Originally posted by: Abzstrak
uhm, how about ssh for remote CLI... and I prefer xwin32 for remote X, no reason to bother with VNC if X is installed
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I disagree.

X auth is a PITA and remote X is a lot more difficult to properly secure than VNC tunneled over SSH. Yes, X can also be tunneled over SSH to secure the transmission line, but overall it's a lot more tricky than VNC. Even if you run unencrypted over a local network, you still have to deal w/ goofy X auth to run remote X apps.

In short, if VNC does the job with reasonable performance, then it's my preferred choice. Sounds like SSH is what you really want here, and Putty is a good freely available client for Windows.
 
X11 won't keep your session over time. If you play around and do things with VNC then the desktop is persistent. X11 doesn't do this. It's great for remote use of applications, but for remote use of "the computer" (as in not an app off of it but an actual persistent desktop), VNC is a better protocol.
 
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