[vox-tech] Graphical Remote Login to Linux/KDE from WinXP

[Peter Salzman]

Thanks Gilbert.   I'll check that out now.

Just out of curiosity, it's not clear what VNC does.  Is it a remote
desktop that gives you what's going on in the console (what I don't
want)?  Or does it give you a new X session (what I want).




On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Gilbert Coville <lugod2008 at gc.org> wrote:
> Take a look at NX.  (www.nomachine.com).  That gets you a new session, different
> from what's happening on the console.
>
> Gilbert
>
> On Dec 25, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Peter Salzman wrote:
>
>> Sometimes when I work on my WinXP box I want to use my Linux box
>> without being in front of the computer.  What I'd really like is to
>> graphically remote login to Linux/KDE from WinXP, as in, open up a
>> window containing a KDE login session from my WinXP box.  I'm already
>> running MingW, and can use remote X apps like xeyes via Putty.
>>
>> I tried using Putty (with X-Forwarding and running /usr/bin/startkde
>> upon login) but KDE crashes, and the problem seems pretty complicated,
>> so I'd like to try a different way.
>>
>> My wife is almost always logged into the Linux box and is using KDE.
>> I don't want to share her session, but use my own session.
>>
>> What the easiest/best ways of doing that?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Pete