NX sounds lie the thing to do. I tried to apt get it and it gave me the
program but there was one I couldn't get. x2goclient Do I need it? Do you
know where I can get it if I do need it?
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Kevin Fries <
kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:
> Sorry I was slow to jump in on this one...
>
> NX rocks. I disagree that it is a pain to set up. It uses VNC and SSH
> to remote the desktop. Ubuntu .deb packages exist on their site, so
> install is pretty simple. And, it is as secure as anything short of
> full scale enterprise class application.
>
> HTH
> Kevin
>
> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 12:53 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> > 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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