Re: Managing tasks through remote access

[Luke Reeves <lukelist@oceanlake.com>]

For an X-server for Windows, the two I use are:

  WeirdX - http://www.jcraft.com/weirdx/ - This is an open-source 100% 
Java server, works fairly well (but you need a hefty system to run it)

  NetSarang X Manager - http://www.netsarang.com/download/download.html 
- A really good fast and stable X Server.  Unfortunately it's 
commercial, but there's a thirty day free trial.

You might also want to look into VNC 
(http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/) - it's a very lightweight protocol 
for controlling pretty much any OS desktop from any other, including 
web-browser based clients.

	Luke Reeves
	lukelist@oceanlake.com

Morbo wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have two computers at home. On one I'm running Linux, and it is turned on
> non-stop. On the other I'm running W$ndows (mainly for games). This one is
> only running if I'm doing something on it.
> Unfortunatly I have only space for one screen and keyboard. I could use some
> switch, but they usually degrade image quality at high resolution (or cost a
> fortune), so I found it's much more convenient to telnet/ssh into the linux
> machine if I want to use it. I'm also want to try some free X servers for
> Win32 (any suggestions?) so that I could actually log in through X.
>
> Now at the same time I tend to start some lenghtly downloads etc. so the
> allways on Linux box is ideal for that.
>
> Is it possible to log in through telnet and ideally also through X into the
> Linux machine, start an ftp client or irc client etc. then close the
> connection again with the started applications continueing to run?
>
> Also if I could do that, could I then log in back again later and find the
> applications I left there and interact with them as if I hadn't left? (I
> guess this if this is possible at all, it will be more difficult with X.)
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> brgds,
> Balazs