Accessing your terminal server from Microsoft Windows

Once you have XDMCP set up, here are a number of ways to allow Windows computers to access your terminal server.

VNC

X Windows Servers for Microsoft Windows

X-Deep/32	http://www.pexus.com/index.html	freeware(Not a freeware now)	Download
Xming	http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Xming	open source
Cygwin/X	http://x.cygwin.com/	open source
XLiveCD	http://xlivecd.indiana.edu	open source
X-Win32	http://www.starnet.com/	commercial
Hummingbird Exceed	http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/	commercial
HOBLink X11	http://www.hob.de/www_us/produkte/connect/x11.htm	commercial

NX for Windows

Freenx is a more elaborate but elegant solution for access to a linux server desktop, particularly from remote locations. Rick Stout has created rpms for redhat servers which just work. The server may be found here at http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/ The client for windows may be found at http://www.nomachine.com

-- DerekDresser - 22 Dec 2004 -- MohammedArafa - 10 Jun 2005 - Added X-Deep/32 -- MohammedArafa - 14 Mar 2006 - Added XLiveCD^?