which way do you think is best for the learning experience?
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Stephen <
cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> you can use rlogin via ssh, and then xming and putty to do the same
> from windows to Linux boxes.
>
> these will maintain the most open options. I have use the xming/putty
> combination and its pretty nice. and as secure as your ssh session :-)
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net>
> wrote:
> > From: Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
> >> No MAC. Two Linux boxes and 1 Windows XP box. Is there a way to
> >> make it so that I can have the desktop of the other computer on
> >> another or else is this all text?
> > [snip]
> >
> > That's a bit of a different question, and has nothing to do with NFS.
> This is
> > more like "remote access". There are a bunch of ways; here are the most
> > popular:
> >
> > VNC/TightVNC : Totally cross-platform, tested, stable, etcetera. On
> 'Doze,
> > TightVNC Server will, if run, make the 'Doze desktop available to
> clients. On
> > Linux, you want x11vncserver or its GUIfied/friendly counterparts KDE
> Desktop
> > Sharing or the GNOME equivalent (vino?). Many clients exist. Pick your
> > favorite; they usually have "vnc" in their name somewhere. NOTE:
> vncserver
> > and tightvncserver create a virtual Display instead of sharing an
> > already-existing Display.
> >
> > Windows Desktop Sharing : A 'Doze box can share its desktop to remote
> clients.
> > There's a Linux client called rdesktop that works pretty well. Last I
> > checked, there was a proof-of-concept Linux server that didn't work all
> that
> > well, so this is pretty much one-way only.
> >
> > NXServer : Proprietary free as in beer, but quite fast over low-bandwidth
> > links. It's a bit of a pain to set up. It works well once it's been
> set up.
> >
> > X11 : Can be used, usually isn't, since most modern X servers are
> started with
> > -nolisten tcp , and GTK+ apps tend to behave badly when not able to
> connect to
> > a local X socket.
> >
> > sshing to a Linux box is usually much faster than dragging a GUI around.
> But
> > there are ways if you really need them. Don't forget that you can "ssh
> -Y
> > remotehost xclient" to ssh to remotehost, then tunnel X over ssh, so that
> > xclient is running on remotehost, but displaying on your local Display,
> which
> > may be useful in some cases.
> >
> > --
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> Stephen
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