Mike Branda wrote:
>cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) actually gives you a unix/linux-like
>shell environment on a windows box that you can use ssh, X, and many
>other linux programs. I used this for a long time to start local KDE
>sessions from my SuSE 9 server on my win 2000 box. no head, keyboard,
>or mouse on the server. the previous post about some machines hiccuping
>if you don't have these things attached is true, but if you are familiar
>with the bios of the machine, you can usually ( not always....some
>bioses are very simple and don't have this option ) disable the keyboard
>and mouse check on boot. when you do the cygwin install, make sure you
>look over the available packages and select X, ssh, and whatever else
>applies. after you install, you can simply type "startx" at the cygwin
>prompt and it opens X, two terminals and a clock ( which can all be
>changed). from there you can ssh into a box ( may need the -X argument
>to enable X forwarding ) and once there type X commands like "startkde"
>or whatever. hope this helps!! :^)
>
>
As an addition to this, I use cygwin's "multiwindow" feature which
allows me just to run the apps I want, seamlessly integrated into my
other(ugh) desktop, instead of having a whole remote desktop.
xwin -multiwindow &
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