[NTLUG:Discuss] xwindow / xterminal

[Stuart Johnston]

Richard wrote:
> What is the best way to allow windows users to administer an opensuse 
> 11.0 server from their MS Windows clients?  I know there is VNC 
> available, but VNC can be clunky at times.  There is also the VNC issue 
> of user authentication.
> 
> What about running xwindow on a win32 client?  What of cgywinx?   What 
> about setting up an xterminal client? (or is xterminal merely a term to 
> imply how one uses cgywinx?
> 

I'd suggest Xming for running individual apps.  You can also get a full 
desktop using XDMCP sessions but I've never tried that.

If a full desktop session is what you want, you should also look at NX 
from NoMachine or the GPL version FreeNX.