Comments on: Setting up Xming or RDP equivalent for Linux

By: Alessandro Iacopetti

Alessandro Iacopetti — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:06:43 +0000

Here is another alternative to xming
http://pleasedonttouchthescreen.blogspot.com/2011/09/alternative-to-xming-x-window-virtual.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:13:35 +0000

also to get your linux screen to show up use the command gnome-session. it shows your linux desktop and all. make sure you have all your setting configured and that you have the xming-fonts located someonewhere

By: Cd-MaN

Cd-MaN — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:34:33 +0000

If by “command-window” you mean “gnome-terminal”, you are already running Gnome (or at least a program based on Gnome). I don’t have any concrete suggestion, but my first idea is to check that you are indeed using Gnome, not KDE.

If you wish to get the complete desktop, not just individual applications, you can do this by selecting “Fullscreen”, “One window” or “One window without a titlebar” at the first step of the connection configuration (in essence any option other than “Multiple Windows”) and at the second step select “Open session via XDMCP”.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:50:08 +0000

Process works up to the point of opening the command window then only xeyes and xclock work. no gnome.

By: Barry Kelly

Barry Kelly — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:34:36 +0000

It's not quite so simple. RDP support connecting to an *existing* desktop session running on the remote machine, without having to start a whole new shell. Similarly, the session can be disconnected and rejoined at the local terminal, without terminating all the applications that (in X terms) were connected to your local X server.

To my mind, for all the supposed benefits of the X server architecture (and I think it did provide benefits in e.g. the 80s), the RDP model seems to me far superior to X.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:26:01 +0000

I was reading through this and saw a link to me! Yay! :)

I like your additional tips. In fact, I plan to (someday, yeah I know) get port knocking on the SSH server. That should make me happier about leaving it open to the world.