Remotely User Linux Server's Web Browser. How do I?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 02:12:44PM -0400, Stephen wrote:
> I use putty to have an ssh connection from my windows laptop to my Linux 
> server.
> 
> Can I use this to run Mozilla on the server and control and view it on 
> my laptop?
> 
> Do I just need Xwindows on my laptop?
> 
> And help, especially a how-to guide will be most appreciated. Thanks!

Two methods:

Run Xvnc or one of the other vnc servers on linux, and forward the port
for vnc through putty's ssh link and use a vnc client and run mozilla on
the x server providing vnc on linux.

Or install cygwin and it's x server, then startx on windows, and ask
putty to forward the X connection (simple and easy to do) and you can
just run X applications and they will display on your local x server.

I would recomend option 2 in general, although option 1 you can
disconnect and come back to later without loosing your X session which
can be handy at times.  Kind of like screen for X applications.

Lennart Sorensen
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