Remote access

[Gagnrath]

I have recently setup a new Ubuntu box to better familiarize myself with Linux and do programming. However, I run into the situation where I need to be able to access the computer remotely from my Windows box (two machines, one monitor). I want a way to access the machine so that I can see the desktop and I have looked into the different flavors of VNC and NX, however, I have never worked with these before (only used remote desktop up to this point) so I don't know how to set these up very well.

Any help would be appreciated.

[cheesecake42]

Hi Gagnarth,

The newer versions of Ubuntu come pre-installed with VNC. Click on System > Preferences > Remote Desktop

Click "Allow other users to view your desktop" and "Allow other users to control your desktop" and set a password.

Once this is set up you should be able to get into it from vnc on your windows machine.

[cheesecake42]

Of course if you are remoting accross the internet you will obviously need to do some port forwarding on your router.

[Gagnrath]

Thank you Cheesecake42. I was finally able to get VNC to work for accessing my machine.