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Remote X session on MS windows
Name: Chou Date: November 29, 2002 at 00:29:12 Pacific OS: Linux/Windows CPU/Ram: P3-500
Comment:
Can anyone recommend software for running a remote desktop on an MS Windows machine? I'm wondering what X server most people use, or if stuff like VNC is better.
I haven't need a remote desktop under Windows since 1996, and I'm really out of touch now.
Name: 3Dave Date: November 29, 2002 at 03:01:09 Pacific
Reply:
VNC is pretty good although you may wish to look at some of the others based on it (TridiaVNC is a good one) as their compression makes the connection a little faster. Once you've got that going, it will run the X server installed on the linux box and any window manager you wish. You can even view with a browser these days and a java client.
SSH supports X fowarding too, although I am unaware of a windows client that supports it.
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Response Number 2
Name: Tero Date: November 29, 2002 at 11:19:24 Pacific
Reply:
TightVNC is an improved VNC. Very nice.
Use PuTTY for Win32 SSH and X forwarding.
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Response Number 3
Name: sandoz Date: December 2, 2002 at 19:21:28 Pacific
Reply:
I'm using XThinPro to run remote X server sessions. This way you can run specific linux apps on your win desktop rather than run the whole linux desktop.
Check this out for more info: http://ralphie.perlmonk.org/mosix/xwin.html
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