Access your programs remotely

Access your programs remotely

• Difficulty: Easy
• Application: X

If you would like to lie in bed with your Linux laptop and access your applications from your Windows machine, you can do this with SSH. You first need to enable the following setting in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

X11Forwarding yes<br /></pre> <p>We can now run The GIMP on 192.168.0.2 with:</p>  <pre class="command">ssh -X 192.168.0.2 gimp