hi
i want to access linux from windows XP.
plz tell me where can i get the software for the same.

I just searched google for "mount linux partition in windows" and got some pretty good hits.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ws&btnG=Search

Another LQ thread covers this topic exactly, and links to LTools

[edit]I shouldn't have posted what I've removed[/edit]

Good Luck,
~Justin

I'm sorry, I just assumed that you wanted to access the Linux file system from Windows. Are you looking to do this or are you looking to access Linux programs and such from Windows? This would be a different story.

Depends what you mean by "access linux".

Do you want to be able to login? Do you require command line access or X?

Here are a few suggestions.

Command Line
The most secure way of accessing linux to be able to run commands on the command line is using ssh. The ssh server will need to be installed on your Linux machine and you can then use one of several methods to login. The ssh web site is: http://www.openssh.org/

SSH clients for Windows include:

• Cygwin Web site - running *NIX programs on Windows
• Info on installing ssh using cygwin (more about setting up a windows ssh server)
• PuTTY ssh client
• WinSCP copy files to/from linux using ssh
• Vandyke produce SSH software - but this is proprietary software that costs money

GUI / X
There are some ways of accessing a graphical screen from Linux on a Windows Client. A common method is vnc.

• Real VNC - the original / official VNC
• Tight VNC - useful for low bandwith connections

Another way is to run a windows based X server and export your clients from Linux to display on your windows machine. I don't know of any free solutions to this but it is possible using Hummingbird's Exceed (I believe it's now been renamed to Hummingbird Connectivity).

• Hummingbird Web Site

Transferring Files

Or perhaps you just want to transfer files between Windows and Linux which can be achieved (as mentioned already) using ssh, or to setup Linux as though it was a Windows share using Samba

• WinSCP copy files to/from linux using ssh
• Samba

As you can see there are many different ways of "accessing" Linux depending upon what you are wanting to achieve. I suggest you take a look at some of the links above and decide what you are wanting to achieve.