Newbie - how connect to server via Xwindows
 

hi - Sorry about the newbie question(I haven't used UNIX since college) I've just been given control of a new CentOS server which is running in another country. I can connect via Putty from my windows desktop but how do I connect to it via a GUI (X, gnome, KDE???). what do I need to setup on the server and 2. what (pref. free) software do I need on my windows PC? (I take it putty won't support a GUI)

Sorry for the lack of a clue!
Susie

you can use vnc to connect linux server desktop.

you can use winvnc or realvnc on windows machine to connect linux server.

http://www.buchatech.com/2009/06/set...er-on-cent-os/
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server

HTH

or just SSH to it, ssh <server>