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  1. 07-11-2004 #1
    JROCK2004
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    I want to use the remote desktop that comes with windows XP into my linux machine. Is this possible?
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    AFAIK, no. I think the Windex Remote Desktop is a proprietary thing. Look into VNC if you want a remote GUI. Or ssh if you want remote CLI.
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    You can use ssh to remotely manage your system with the GUI. Many people dont realize this.

    SSH has no problems fowarding XWindow packets. You just need to specify the -X (capital X) option:

    ssh -X user@192.16.1.1 (whatever the ip address is, for example)

    The remote PC needs to be running sshd and the appropriate ports need to be opened (TCP port 22 iirc).

    With this you can run startkde, nautilus, konqueror, nedit, etc... If doing this from a pc you can grab CYGWIN which has an SSH client, or if running from Linux just make sure ssh client is installed.
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