Subj : Re: Start Linux session from within Windows
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Durk van Veen
Date : Sun Oct 24 2004 10:20 pm

Michael Hearne wrote:

> I'm not talking about using Samba to transfer files, we can already do
> that. We want to log on to Linux from the Windows machines, and bring up
> our Linux Desktops.

What you need to install on the Windows machines is an X server so that you
can bring the X desktops down to the Windows boxes. cygwin is a free
solution which I've been using for a few years now. You can open up remote
access to the Linux box using XDMCP but this is a fairly insecure solution.
The better approach is to use the built-in X server of cygwin, start it
without a Window Manager, then use "ssh -X" to remote into the server. From
there you can start whatever desktop you want.

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