networking ubuntu and mint

[Kevin Fries]

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 at 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 at usa.net> wrote:
>         > From: Michael Havens <bmike1 at 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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