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How to setup remote desktop in Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 19, 2011

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“Coming to the work part let’s consider the following
scenario:

“I got a netbook with me. It’s quite good for carrying around
and browsing webpages. But when I need to download big stuff like a
new Ubuntu distro then it does not fit. So I solved this problem
through the concept of remote control. I got a desktop at my home
running 24 hours a day and connected to the Web too all the time.
So whenever I need to download the stuff , which I find through my
netbook, I remotely login to the desktop through my netbook and
start the download on it. This way when the download starts my work
is done. By this scenario you might have understand the concept of
remote login.

“There are lots of methods through which we can remotely login
to another system. In this article we will look on the top 3
methods used in Ubuntu for remote login.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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