On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Jima wrote:

> On 2012-11-29 23:05, Mike Miller wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2012, Jima wrote:
>> 
>>> PuTTY with a remote port-forward?  I do similar for Synergy.
>> 
>> I don't understand how that works.  I have a VNC server on a Windows 
>> box and PuTTY on the same Windows box, and I have the VNC viewer on a 
>> Linux box.  How do I connect from Linux to the VNC session on Windows 
>> using PuTTY when PuTTY is on the Windows machine?
>
> 1. Open PuTTY
> 2. Enter host name/IP address of Linux box

OK, I get it, but that means I can only log in from a fixed location (from 
the one Linux box I connected to from Windows).  That is useful, though.

But if I want to connect from my Linux netbook in a Starbucks, I'm out of 
luck.

Your method could work well for me because I would usually connect to my 
home Windows VNC from within the VNC session on the Linux box in my 
office, then I'd connect to that Linux VNC session from anywhere (e.g., 
Starbucks), go to the right workspace, and there's my home Windows box.

Mike