remote control from windows to linux

[GODDLY]

I'm going to be running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and I wanted to know how I can control my Linux server from my XP laptop.

[Juan Pablo]

I'm sure there are more 'native' solution but I use ssh on Cygwin when I want to access a Linux system from Windows

[GODDLY]

Oh I though ssh was a linux to linux to linux only remote control. Thanks

[Zelmo]

If you plan on doing ssh, be sure to check out PuTTY as a lightweight client. Cygwin will give you an actual unix environment, which is great if you need all that, but is overkill if all you want is ssh.

Also have a look at VNC if your server is running X and you'd like to control it graphically. (Note that there are other VNC programs besides Ultr@VNC, but that's the one I see recommended most.)

[oldcpu]

I use the "nomachine" application "nx" for Linux.
NoMachine NX - Desktop Virtualization and Remote Access Management Software

They have freeware software that one can use (although it is not "free" in terms of the free software foundation definition of free).

I have the nx server installed on my home Linux PC, and I leave it running in run level-3 (ie running with only as ASCII prompt and no graphics). I have a nx client application on my Wife's WinXP laptop, and from that, when on the road, I can access my home Linux PC (but having stated that, I prefer to use the Linux partition on my Wife's laptop, using the nx client for Linux). When one accesses their home PC, the nx client will start up the home PC's X windows server and pipe the home PC graphics through to one's remote laptop PC. The graphics being sent are optimized for speed, and I find it faster than vnc, and also on occasion faster than "ssh" (if one is using "ssh -X" with graphics). I thus remotely have a graphic desktop of my home PC's desktop (even though at home, my home PC is only showing an ascii display).

The things here that one needs to set up correctly are their firewall ports. And when on the road, sometimes the router firewall that one is going thru to access the internet, will block nx (and also vnc and ssh) access.

[AnnaM]

Another option is a web-based solution. With a web app you do not have to download or install executable on your computer, yet you can screen share across platforms. LiveLOOK is the first web-based screen sharing and remote control tool to be 100% web based. You can see and view screens and do remote control from/to Mac-PC-Linux without installing anything. LiveLOOK - Instant Screen Sharing, Co-Browsing, Web Conferencing - Windows, MAC, Linux