remote desktop

[viper3two]

Hello
I would like to set up remote desktop on my linux box. I am running fc6 with kde 3.5. I have seen alot of articles on how to remote from the linux box to a windows machine, but I would like to be able to remote desktop to my linux box here at work from home, and my home pc is running win xp. Is there an app under kde that will allow you to rdp to the box?
Thank you

[stevea]

I think you want VNC. VNC serves your desktop with a proprietary service and also with a java based web interface on a nonstandard port. VNC for Win & Linux are widely available. Read the "vncserver" man page, set the password and start the server. You'llneed to arrange for a connection to your work system from a known external port. Then install a VNC client on Windows, or use the web interface.

You can also just install Cygwin on your Windows system (it's mindlessly easy) , add the Xserver to your startup scripts, Start an Xterm and connect to your work Linux system with "ssh -Y ...", then you can just start any gui tools from the command line and they appear on your home desktop.

There are a lot of ways to do this w/ Linux. The bigger trick is getting a connection to your work desktop system from outside the corporate router.

[Figment]

For help setting up the linux half of the VNC connection, check this post: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=94257
A windows client is available from www.realvnc.com (though I'm sure there are others)

[viper3two]

Thank you for the replies. I got vnc and will give it a try tomorrow. Appreciate the help.

[viper3two]

Just a follow up. Got vnc installed, working great. I had to use a :1 after the IP address, ie: 111.111.111.111:1 to get it to log in, but other than that, works great. I can now rdp to my linux box at work from home. Thanks for the help.