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It takes a little bit of work on the remote end to set up, specifically with the SSH keys, but this works wonderfully:<br />
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<a href="http://freenx.berlios.de/" rel="ugc">http://freenx.berlios.de/</a><br />

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How do I connect to x windows remotely .. local machine runs Windows 7 &nbsp;and remote system runs Ubuntu. &nbsp;I have turned on VNC and also X11 port (5909 and 6000) but all I get is a blank, black screen.for both of them.<br />
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Also, what program would you recommend to use? &nbsp;
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How do I connect to x windows remotely .. local machine runs Windows 7  and remote system runs Ubuntu.  I have turned on VNC and also X11 port (5909 and 6000) but all I get is a blank, black screen.for both of them.

Also, what program would you recommend to use?  

How do I connect to x windows remotely

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.