Remote Desktop Using Linux

[BlakkIce]

im new to linux very new and im downloading redhat now and what i want to do is convert my Windows Xp Server to a full fleged linux server, right now its really not a server just holding Iso files and what not. to access my server i use remote desktop and i usually keep it open all the time cause i have dual monitors. i want to know how can i view my soon to be linux server from my XP machine

 

[n0cmonkey]

SSH
VNC
VNC over SSH
X Windowing system
X Windowing system over SSH

 

[BlakkIce]

whats all that im new to linux

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BlakkIce
whats all that im new to linux

SSH is secure shell (openssh.com)
vnc is something like virtual network computing
X windows is the gui some people throw ontop of Unix like systems
google.com is a search engine 😉

 

[Electrode]

Maybe I can provide a more helpful answer.

First, you have to understand that UNIX does not have a graphical interface. The command prompt is all there is. The GUI is just another program, like bash or links, that is completely seperate from the OS.

With that in mind, one of the most common ways of accessing UNIX systems remotely is SSH. It's like telnet, but more robust, and more secure. When you install Linux, make sure to install SSH if it gives you an option. If it doesn't, you can assume it will do it. When you boot the system, the SSH server (sshd) will start automatically. From another UNIX system, or from windows clients using PuTTY (check google for it), you can log into it and control it as if you were sitting at it. On an UNIX system, open up a command prompt and enter this command:

ssh username@ip.of.Linux.box

Replace username with your username on the Linux box, and ip.of.Linux.box with the IP of the Linux box. You will be asked for your password, and then you will get a command prompt. That's all there is to it.

If you want a GUI, you have two choices: VNC or remote X. VNC requires you to set up the VNC server on your Linux box, and have the VNC client on your clients. Remore X requires each client to have an X server. Both of these are beyond the scope of this post, maybe I'll write a FAQ about it.