hi,
this seems to been asked alot,
i quite new to linux and i need a some advice really on remote desktops
i have a thinkpad 560x(233mhz mmx, 32ram, 4gig) and i have a 1400+ amd pc
basicly i want to run windows xp or windows 2000 on the pc controling it from my laptop via lan/wireless. i have seen a few people talking a bout vnc, rdesktop and the kde 3.2 remote desktop apps, but all i want to use the laptop for is remote desktop to control my music apps. which is the best way to go?

also, being new to linux i put redhat 9(dual boot win95) on the laptop having had it on the pc, but my laptop take 5 mins to boot, 10 mins to load mozilla, so whats the best/basic distro for the simple task of remote desktop. i dont need anything more than that.

help me!
dom

You want to connect to your PC with your laptop to use your "remote desktop" So you need a simple OS to start an RDP session.
I'd say: go for a windows client (XP or something like that) because:
If you want to control your music apps, you will need a SoundSystem that is understood by Windows. The linux soundsystem is not compatible with Windows. So you won't have sound on your linux-machine running RDP.

But, keep in mind, I have this problem, but it might be that Im totally wrong, and RDP sound does work in Lunix. I didn't get it to work, though. (So if anyone did, please tell me!)

Good Luck

well i dont really need the sound part, i can use the sound from my pc, basicly, my pc will be on stage, and i can sit in the crowd witht he laptop, so ill hear the sounds from the pc over the pa system.

the main thing is speed, im not even bothereed about graphics being very good so i thought linux because there are basic distros out there. and the speed ill get i think will be much better that windows xp. (plus linux is so much cooler)

dom.

Well, then a simple linuxdistro with linux rdp client will do...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop is one, linrdp is another one...
There are several programs that will do the trick... I'd go for rdesktop... Free, small and fast!

good luck!