Re: networking ubuntu and mint

> 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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