Xming provides an implementation of the X Windows System (X11 server) for Microsoft Windows. Its useful when needing to use a GUI application on a remote server that doesn’t provide remote desktop access.
Installing Xming
Installing Xming on Windows is easy; download the binary file and follow the installation wizard.
To configure Xming run XLaunch from the Start Menu, otherwise run Xming to start up the application.
When started an icon would appear on the taskbar.
Configure X11 Forwarding in PuTTY
Before establishing and SSH connection go to Connection -> SSH -> X11 in the configuration window and check the “Enable X11 forwarding” box.
PuTTY X11 Forwarding
After SSH connection has been established any GUI application can be run by executing it from the command prompt e.g. the Thunar file manager for Xubuntu
Running Thunar in Windows with Xming
More detail information can be found here.
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