Setting remote desktop on

Question

How can I put on remote desktop on linux ? And of course set it as system startup deamon ?

Answer 1

If using Ubuntu and Gnome (at least since 8.04 maybe earlier) Go to

System > Preferences > Remote Desktop

Select

"Allow other users to view your desktop" (or control if desired)

Choose if you want any other options like password and such then click ok. It is a per user setting so if you choose to share your desktop, and you are logged in, then others (via vnc) will be able to view and or control your desktop based on the preferences you set.

Answer 2

If you're trying to log into a windows machine with the remote desktop protocol (RDP), there is a client for linux called rdesktop. If you want to go the other way round, I don't think a server for linux exists, but you can install a VNC client on windows.

If you're just trying to have GUI programs run on one machine S and display on another machine C, all you need is ssh. Make sure you have the server installed and running on S, and connect from C with ssh -X (or ssh -XC for compression).

For more advanced usage, look into the VNC protocol and supporting programs, which allow you to run X programs on some machine, displaying onto a virtual display provided by the VNC server (e.g., vncserver, and optionally show what is on this virtual display in one or more VNC clients (xvncviewer, gvncviewer, vnc-java, …).

If you're trying show the actual screen of S on another machine C, export it by running x11vnc (which is a VNC server that recycles the X display rather than creating a virtual display like vncserver), and connect to it with a VNC viewer. The x11vnc documentation has examples.