<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.ramaley@drake.edu">daniel.ramaley@drake.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It is possible to get a Windows-like remote desktop on Linux, but not<br>
with a default configuration of X. Getting your own desktop that is<br>
completely separate from the user sitting at the console is rather<br>
trivial (i use VNC running as a daemon for that function, and then<br>
connect to it with VNC piped over SSH), but connecting to the same X<br>
display as the console usually requires running some kind of X wrapper<br>
on the console. And that usually precludes 3D acceleration or other<br>
fancy features that the local user might otherwise expect. Note that<br>
i've not actually tried to do this, so take what i say with a grain of<br>
salt.</blockquote></div><br>This is correct. I typically do this with a program called x11vnc, which is packaged in Debian, Ubuntu, and no doubt others. x11vnc sets up a VNC server which connects to an existing X session, so it's more like how VNC works on windows. If I move the mouse in the VNC session, someone at the local screen can see it moving around, etc.<br>