Remote Desktop for Linux???

code frog 0

Hey all, I am back in school and I am wondering if there is a FREE version of a Remote Desktop that will allow a Windows XP box to log on and Remote Control a linux box? I have a tower already loaded with Linux. But I really don't want to give up a bunch of valuable desk space to a monitor, keyboard and mouse hooked to a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (insert compliment or insult, your choice):omg: linux box. Any ideas for a guy who knows NOTHING about Linux? Yes, I know I can google. But I thought, better to get the advice of people I "trust" (I use that carefully because I know Roger Wright is lurking somewhere :laugh:) instead of the advice of total strangers that I am 'googling' at. :) Thanks!!! Rex

"Back to school, back to school; to prove to dad I'm not a fool." - Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) Rex Winn

Navin

Try VNC[^]. I've used it before, and it works pretty well. "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein

John M Drescher

I use this all the time with my windows boxes... Pretty good. A little slower than terminal services or remote desktop.. John

ZoogieZork

As an alternative to VNC, if you have a Win32 X server (such as StarNet X-Win32, WRQ Reflection/X, or Hummingbird Exceed), then you can run X applications (including Gnome or KDE apps or the complete desktop) remotely. The X applications run on the Linux box but are displayed on your Windows desktop, without having to export the entire X desktop. Your school may have a site license for one of the above tools. I mention this because this is a feature of X Windows that I abuse pretty heavily in the office :) - Mike

Shock The Dark Mage

You could use Cygwin(Linux-like environment) with a port of Xfree86. Cost free! It's located at http://www.cygwin.com

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Andrew Allen

Michael Imamura wrote: if you have a Win32 X server (such as StarNet X-Win32, WRQ Reflection/X, or Hummingbird Exceed), These apps would be X clients, not servers. The X server is on the Linux box. Code Frog: I agree with Shock, CygWin is a nice X client for Win32 and it's free. The standard Xvnc server under Linux will open a new X windows display for each VNC client. If you want to access the same desktop every time (a la Windows), you'll need a package called x0rfbserver. That opens DISPLAY:0 at startup, keeps it open all the time and accepts VNC client connections.

ZoogieZork

Andrew Allen wrote: These apps would be X clients, not servers. The X server is on the Linux box. Actually, the terminology for the X Window System is a little bizarre. The X "server" is the host that handles drawing to the screen, translates input into events, and tracks windows. The X "client" is the application itself. So the X "client" runs on the remote machine, the X "server" runs on the local machine (as backwards as it sounds!) More info about the X11 protocol's client/server design: http://www.x.org/X11_clientdesign.html[^] - Mike

ZoogieZork

I had a lot of trouble with the XFree86 port when I tried it a few years ago... I see that they've made significant progress since then, particularly adding rootless mode (which was a feature that got me using StarNet's X server)! :) - Mike

Andrew Allen

Michael Imamura wrote: Actually, the terminology for the X Window System is a little bizarre....So the X "client" runs on the remote machine, the X "server" runs on the local machine (as backwards as it sounds!) :omg: I defer to you. You're right! So, the user interface is displayed by the X-server, which communicates with the X-client running on The Server. All the processing work is done on The Server and presented back to The Client :confused: Time for a Guinness.

Jon Sagara

telnet :-D

Jon Sagara
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