[ale] how do I get graphical remote access to my linux machine

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi all,

I moved my linux machine downstairs to make room in my work area 
upstairs since I don't have room for 2 desktops.  I need to get 
graphical remote access to the downstairs linux machine (Mint 13) using 
my Windows 7 machine as the client.  The linux machine is within my 
firewall at home, so I don't need super strong security.  A simple login 
username and password is sufficient.  I tried to get nxserver from 
nomachine running.  It's installed, but I couldn't seem to get it 
configured using the text based commands to set it up.  I'd like to be 
able to do administration of the user database via gui or, better yet, 
just have it use the user database already built into Mint.  NX has a 
graphical administration option, but it appears to depend on having 
apache installed.  I don't want to do that.  The fewer server processes 
I have running, the better it is for security.  Both client and server 
will be on the same wifi router using wpa encryption.

Can someone tell me an easy way to do this?  I just need one graphical 
server and one graphical client.  I'm not stuck on nx if there is a 
better solution.  Having the session encrypted would be nice, in case I 
decide to access it from outside my house at some point.  In that case, 
I'd beef up the login credentials.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Ron


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