"If you have ever tried to access a Windows box remotely, it is very likely you suffered a lot of frustration. Remote desktop works great... but only when you have a stable broadband connection to your remote machine. In GNU/Linux you (as usual) have a choice--you can connect remotely, both graphically and text-based (for maximum performance) using at least a few methods described in the article.
"As you know, Windows XP works only in a graphical environment. Thus, when we connect to it remotely, we are condemned to use the GUI. This is called 'remote desktop' and it works great... but only when you have a stable broadband connection to your remote machine..."
