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    Question Remote graphical access to a Ubuntu server

    Hi,

    I am an Ubuntu user for the last 1 year and very happy with it. I would like to migrate my entire IT infrastructure to Linux. My current setup is a Windows 2003 server which acts as a terminal server and around 8 clients connecting to it using RDP client and share printers between them. The software I use for my business is Tally Financials (multi user version) and it is working fine with Wine. I have tried FreeNX but it is restricted to 2 clients only. Is there any other way to replicate the same infrastructure using Ubuntu.

    Thanks for your help in advance.

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    Re: Remote graphical access to a Ubuntu server

    SSH with X forwarding can do what you want.

    Cheers,

    Herman

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    Re: Remote graphical access to a Ubuntu server

    Would you please guide me how to do that? All the clients are using Internet to access the server and printers also need to be shared

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    Re: Remote graphical access to a Ubuntu server

    Your clients are using windows?
    Download a free windows X server (xming is good)
    Simply point it to your server. It will do integration so the app appears to be running locally. It will be slower then freenx, freenx is the same thing, only compressed.

    If they are using *nix simply
    ssh -X user@hostname.com appname
    The -X tunnels X. You can leave out the appname and simply use a shell over SSH. Any programs you then run will pop back to your display.

    I hope that gets you started.

    I just found this post which goes in a little more depth if you need it
    Last edited by prestomation; June 11th, 2008 at 08:57 PM. Reason: PS

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    Re: Remote graphical access to a Ubuntu server

    For Windows, I second Xming with PuTTY. The Xming web site had a link to PuTTY the last time I was there, but Google will find "Greenend PuTTY" for you.

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    Re: Remote graphical access to a Ubuntu server

    Thanks for the responses.

    I would like to move my entire IT infrastructure to move to Linux, even clients.

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