[PLUG] Remote GUI access to an Ubuntu machine

Jonas Augusto jonas.agx at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 18:29:01 UTC 2016


Hi Steffens,

If I understood correctly you are looking for a VNC tool. There is a 
list here:

* https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC/Clients

On 06/12/2016 10:17, Dick Steffens wrote:
> What's the word I need to search on for a tool to connect to a remote
> Ubuntu machine and have access to the GUI?
>
> I already SSH into the machine for one task I need to do. But sometimes
> I need to run a program on it that requires a GUI. I recall that there
> are such tools, but don't recall the names.
>
> The remote box runs MythTV. I'm no longer using it to drive a TV, but
> just for viewing the schedule. I can always get out a monitor and hook
> it up, but for the few times I need to run the front end program, it
> would be easier to do it from another machine.
>




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