Remote XWindow session

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On 24/04/09 09:24 AM, Marc Lanctot wrote:
> On 22/04/09 10:09 PM, James Knott wrote:
>> Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>>> Is it possible to set up a remote xwindow session? What I want to do is
>>> connect to a remote Linux box that has no video card, but I still want
>>> to be able to run a local KDE session controlling the remote Linux box
>>> in a rich GUI environment.
>>>
>>> Is this possible, and is this easy to setup?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that's one of the things Linux&  Unix have done for years, with X.
>> You can run a full desktop, using XDMCP or just individual apps, with
>> SSH and X forwading.  There's also stuff like VNC etc.
>>
> 
> Rajinder,
> 
> By the sounds of your message you probably want
[snip]

FreeNX :)

> If you want to do that from a Windows box you'll have to
> install an implementation of

the NX client available as a binary

> on Windows which you can find

at <http://nomachine.com>. On second thought, try ssh and X forwarding
first and then try the FreeNX and NX Client method. You'll see a marked
difference in performance. I find remote X is unusable over the
Internet, even on a broadband connection. FreeNX makes it tolerable.

I have to ask, however, why do you need this at all for managing a
remote server? Linux is easy to manage using nothing more than a shell
and a text editor. There are some server applications that require a
GUI, even if it's a virtual frame buffer, but fortunately, those are not
common. What is your use case?
-- 
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Clifford Ilkay
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