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Is it possible to setup remote desktop on linux server?

I want to setup and virtual machine on my server htat can enable me to access it With graphical interface! like team viewer or remote desktop connection!

I heard ubuntu can do that!

whats the actuall solution!?
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I guess x11vnc can do that, but whats the point since theres no GUI (I guess) on your server. The only thing you'll get is a black screen. You can control the server with ssh from a terminal on a client. If you need to have a GUI on the server just setup a desktop edition as server and then rdp/vnc to it...

I have two healess ubuntu servers I log in to with ssh. There is nothing to do on a server I cant do with ssh. On one of the servers I've installed a haedless virtualbox with sevral OS - XP, Wn7, fedora etc. But thats not your question...

Response by:
JoachimSchra ...
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From ubuntu desktop you can choose:

System->Preference->Remote Desktop

In this window you can set remote access to desktop.

For my opinion the best solution for remote Desktop is NX

(http://nomachine.com), for 1 remote user is free.

Also you can you the free version called freenx

Response by:
leoncino
1280 points
Install "vnc" on your client.

Response by:
jalal
3623 points
If you wanted a really light-weight way of doing it (and it's a far more secure way of accessing a server because there's far less code on the server and therefore less chance of security bugs being exploited in the software) then you can install just a few packages and as long as your desktop machine has a GUI Desktop Manager (like Gnome or KDE for example) then using SSH on your server you can launch GUI applications:

http://tinyurl.com/6flw2zw

It sounds trickier than it actually is. Be sure to use blowfish compression for SSH to speed things right up (ssh -c blowfish ...)

Response by:
JimmyC
945 points
On window, you can install "X-server"( search google for download) also you can download "vnc" and install it.

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jalal
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