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Re: Remote Linux desktop in my Cygwin windows PC


On Jan 2, 2008 2:17 AM, Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> marcos rebelo wrote:
> >
> > I'm really basic with Linux. I'm running remote applications with:
> >
> > xhost
> > ssh
> > export DISPLAY
> >
> > So I'm using Eclipse, gedit, firefox, ... like this for example in my
> > windows. Now I'm curios if I'm able to have the full desktop of my
> > Linux machine like a window in my remote Windows PC.
> >
> > I'm using the Ubuntu 7.10 in the Linux PC
> >
> just start the windo manager of your choice at the Linux box.
>
> startx should do the job.
>
> You can chose then to have the Linux desktop in one window or it will
> replace your current Windows desktop.
>
> Windows will stay in the background.
>
> Running the window manager on the Windows machine has the advantage that
> your Linux windows integrate fully into you Windows environment.
>
> I find it a bit disturbing to have the Unix part separated from the
> Windows part when the Windows manager was running on the Unix box.
>
> Erich

Another option is to use a VNC server on the linux machine, and then
the VNC viewer on windows.  This is similar to Remote Desktop, so that
might be what you're looking for.  Yet another option which gives good
results is "NX", which is also similar to remote desktop, and is
faster than VNC.

In either case, you will need to set up something on the linux server
to allow you to do this.

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