It uses the remote desktop protocol to present a GUI to the user. It can be used to access Linux desktops in conjunction with x11vnc. It greatly, integrates with LikwiseOPEN thus enabling you to login to a Ubuntu server via RDP using active directory username/password. Install a Windows RDP compatible RDP/ Terminal Services (X-RDP) server on the Server (Linux). But from my recent experiences and reading that its not recently/ frequently updated it might not work with updated versions RDP clients on Windows. Using Server Default (Linux: VNC) on Client (Windows): Easiest is to install a VNC Client/ Viewer on.
I'd like to remote into my Linux (Ubuntu) desktop from a Windows desktop. Of course there is VNC, among others. The trick is that I just want to have a remote session without having any local screen sharing. In other words, when I type and move the mouse on the Windows computer, I don't want that activity to show up on the screen remote Linux system. The Linux box should just sit there at the login prompt or whatever it was doing prior to my remote login.
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I used to use nx for this - you'd want to install freenx from the repositories or the 'official' free version of the nomachine server and use the client from the nomachine site to connect to it
In addition to outperforming VNC, it'll start up a seperate, optionally persistant remote access session
Alternately you could find a windows X client (i'd suggest mobaxterm ) and connecting over xdmcp.
Journeyman Geek♦Journeyman GeekI'm aware of two ways you can do that:
Install a VNC server on the Linux box which functions as or launches its own X server rather than puppeting the one attached to the main display.
Install Cygwin/X or
Xming (thanks, jcrawfordor)VcXsrv and use X11's network-transparent design to run your remoted applications locally. It's a little less obvious how to do it, but it'll let you mix local Windows apps and remote Linux apps in the same desktop as if they were all local Windows apps.
If I've to connect from a Windows machine to a Linux one I usually use XRDP wich allows you to use the Windows RDP client.
If you use the Chrome web browser, you can use the Chrome Remote Desktop AppIt is probably the easiest way to do it.
nevesnevesA compatible Protocol & App needs to be available & running on both the sides - the client (Windows) and Server (Linux).
People will suggest a lot of apps & protocols and which is great, but if you want to do/ install minimal new services & apps just for easy use, do what I did and go with last way outlined below.
There are few ways to do this:
Install a compatible client & server on both sides. The options here are innumerable but this means having to install something new on both sides and make it work.
A path of less activity/ installation & system changes is suggested below.Use the default of one and add compatible on another:
Using Client Default (Windows: RDP) on Server (Linux):
Install a Windows RDP compatible RDP/ Terminal Services (X-RDP) server on the Server (Linux). But from my recent experiences and reading that its not recently/ frequently updated it might not work with updated versions RDP clients on WindowsUsing Server Default (Linux: VNC) on Client (Windows):
Easiest is to install a VNC Client/ Viewer on Windows and access the Server. To make it even simpler I recently just downloaded a Portable version to avoid having to Install / Setup on Client machine.
I wont list them all, but there's quite a few if you google for Portable VNC Viewer/ Client.
One that I just used is call UltraUNC or UVNC
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