How to remotely login to Linux from windows and still get the X window
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How to remotely login to Linux from windows and still get the X window
I am pretty new to Linux, but I do enjoy working in GNOME.
Now this remotely login is giving me trouble, which forces me to go back to XP frequently. So I can remotely login through ssh, but then everything is in command line. How can I get the X window, say if I want to see some matlab plots? Thanks a lot!
Bassicly you should use something like these
-this program looks pretty promising: http://www.realvnc.com/vnc/
-you can use the internal windwos remote desktop client to connect to a linux system running something like this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrdp/
I'm sure there are lots of other programs, do some searching and find the one that is best for you. I've only ever used rdesktop to connect to windows, never down the other way so i've never used these programs.
You really should search the web for a question as popular as that, i just did and got 1/2 million hits.
Thanks for the reply, danboland and wanderingmind. Yes, I did search for a while before I posted this here, it's just that the search results gave me too many choices and I couldn't really tell which one is better, so I think people more experienced here can give some more specific suggestions, so that I can solve it more efficiently, which is exactly what I need now.
Maybe being an OS really means to try out and experience by yourself? :P
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I am pretty new to Linux, but I do enjoy working in GNOME.
Now this remotely login is giving me trouble, which forces me to go back to XP frequently. So I can remotely login through ssh, but then everything is in command line. How can I get the X window, say if I want to see some matlab plots? Thanks a lot!
I would recommend installing Cygwin/X. This will give you an X server on windows.
You can then log in with putty, with x-forwarding enabled, and start the program in the secure shell. The default configuration is for each program to be displayed in a windows window.
TightVNC is another option to share the desktop of a running session on the Linux machine.
If you are on a relatively secure LAN, you could also use allow XDMCP and then log into the Linux machine from windows running cygwin/X. This will start a new session which is displayed on your windows machine running cygwin's X server. This is the "old school" of doing it.
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