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Is there an equivalent to Remote Desktop Connection that I can use to remote into my Ubuntu desktop at home from a Windows machine? Preferably this would be free.
C. Ross
Posted 2010-03-08T17:21:38.313
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Windows to Ubuntu desktop Remote Desktop?
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You can try NX-server and client. They have free linux server, and the client is free as well.
3 things I like more in NX than using a normal VNC solution:
- It's much faster
- You can detach from a session, and keep it open on the server, and restore it later
- The connection is encrypted.
Thinks I do not like: nxserver is not opensource.
Compromise: use freenx server on linux (opensource), and nxclient for windows (free as in beer).
Sunny
Posted 2010-03-08T17:21:38.313
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You're looking for a VNC-based product.
Andrew Lewis
Posted 2010-03-08T17:21:38.313
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Perhaps look for vnc-server in the Ubuntu repos – heavyd – 2010-03-08T17:36:44.640
Or vino which integrates with Gnome. – Jimmy Hedman – 2010-03-08T23:12:35.377
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If you are looking to launch programs from your Windows machine you will need:
Xming (Windows X Server) - http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/
Putty - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
And then just SSH to your computer, but in Putty be sure to check the box "forward X11 session". After you have a terminal you should be able to launch programs like:
xlogo
kate
ect
Natalie Adams
Posted 2010-03-08T17:21:38.313
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I used today upvote limit, but +1 for motioning NX. It's my favorite solution. – Maciek Sawicki – 2010-03-08T21:58:01.077
+1 for NX, I use it to connect to my work machine :) – Natalie Adams – 2010-03-08T22:42:57.617
O.K. I'm back :) – Maciek Sawicki – 2010-03-09T00:04:58.620
1can i run graphics apps on the client if I have a graphics card on the client? does NX support this? – iceman – 2010-06-10T08:30:18.397