[MCole]

Question:
I was wonder if it were possible to remote connect from a Windows XP system to Linux system? Are there any 3rd party programs that will run on both systems?


The scenario is I'm at work and I RDC home (right now I'm going from my work XP machine to my home XP one). At some point I would like to move all of my home machines to some form of Linux. Being able to go from XP to Linux (primarily Ubuntu) would be a great thing, if not I'll be stuck using a partition of Windows at home..

Thanks,
Mike

[briealeida]

RealVNC

http://www.realvnc.com/what.html

[MCole]

Good, we have that here at work. I totally forgot that it was cross-platform.

Thanks!!

[briealeida]

Cool. Enjoy!

[Squashman]

I have been wanting to test out FreeNX for the longest time.
http://freenx.berlios.de/

I have a free Cosmopod account which uses FreeNX.
http://www.cosmopod.com/

[WARnux]

VNC is nothing compared to the NX protocol.

I haven't used freenx but I know the creator's version works without flaw. I use it all the time and it's extremely fast!

http://www.nomachine.com/download.php

[utanja]

currently NOMACHINE only works with a linux server...but can be accessed from a windows remote. I use it...works exceptionally well and is fast...

[RobLinux]

For secure remote logins, I've used ssh and a windows client like putty.

[WARnux]

No need for that. NX traffic is encrypted by default. Even when the traffic is not encrypted, the password is always sent encrypted.

[RobLinux]

NX is included with Open SuSE 10.3, and is GPL.

It's solution for crossing a firewall is errrr... ssh, surprise, surprise. Going from work to a home network *ought* to involve crossing a firewall, and port forwarding if t here's multiple machiens to be accessed.

[utanja]

agreed with WAENUX.....NX uses port 22 as well as encryption...