[GRLUG] Remote login in Ubuntu

[L. V. Lammert]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Benjamin Flanders wrote:

> What is the best way to remotely login graphically to a computer?  I
> thought VNC, but I would need to already be logged in to a desktop, which I
> don't want to do.
>
> Share and Enjoy
> Ben
>
A normal 'remote login' to a Linux system is via ssh, .. if you wish to
run a graphical [X] application on the remote just add "-X" [enable X
forwarding] to the Ssh connection and the application and GUI will run on
YOUR machine.

The X environmemt is client/server, so it's trivial to separate the
display from the machine where the application running; it's a also a lot
more efficient than remoting the entire desktop.

	Lee