Re: Connecting Laptop to Server: X Windows
From: s a n j a y (someone_at_somewhere.com)
Date: 10/08/05
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Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 19:07:42 -0500
Josh wrote:
> alt.os.linux -
>
> Apologies if this is in the wrong place. I'm relatively new to Linux and
> was wondering if it was possible to use my Laptop to graphically display the
> server? I can connect to the server over SSH, but don't know how to start a
> graphical session on my laptop. Both my laptop and the server are running
> Fedora 2.6.11...
>
vncserver would be a good place to start. It comes installed on the two
distros that I mainly use, Debian and Fedora. Download realvnc client
and you will be all set. In the future, when you are comfortable with
linux, you might want to use cygwin and stuff.
sanjay
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