[LinuxUsers] Remote Desktop

[Chris Penn]

for LInux, I suggest ssh.
for window, might I suggest logmein.com
its free...well the free account works fine for me.
You just need him to boot into whatever os you require.

Chris...

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Paul Saenz <downtoearthman at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  I am going to put ubuntu 8.04 on a friends laptop on a dual boot with xp.
> Currently he's loaded up with so much mal ware that he can hardly use his
> laptop.
> He lives in Oregon, so I want to be able to configure his laptop from here,
> if he get's
> into trouble, or if I need to show him how to do something, or if he needs
> a program
> loaded. etc.
>
> Is ssh the best way to do that? I also noticed that there is a remote
> desktop tool in the
> system preferences menu. Should I ssh his computer, and then use the remote
> desktop
> tool, or is there as better and more secure way of doing it?
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>
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