Enable X11 forwarding by expanding the SSH subcategory under the X11 option to. Preparing the environment Let's go straight to the point: Run X on Windows. Go to StartProgramsRemote SoftwareUnix and Linux XServersXming. X11 also works for one session over multiple displays on the network and this is a big thing. To you windows people it is a Terminal Services of sorts but RDP uses the screenshot method (even if very sophisticated, it is still an image) and X11 sends the internal commands and renderization happens on the client machine. That also allows you to create a distinct session from the person logged in locally and two people use the same machine resources with different displays. Check Enable X11 forwarding and in X display location enter localhost:0.

You also need program like PuTTY or FuTTY to create the remote connection. There are different tools to do X11 forwarding on Windows but Xming is small, fast and simple software for X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows. Using Xming for X11 forwarding on Windows. Step 2: Configure PuTTY for X11 forwarding. Here we concentrate on Windows and use Xming and PuTTY for those tasks. You can find below icon in notification area. The difference being that you have a complete new session that is run on your local machine it is not captured and sent to you as a series of screenshots over the network the X server sends commands and the windows and its components are drawn on your end. On successful completion of Xming you will get above screen, keep Launch Xming checked and click on Finish button to close installation wizard. X11 Forwarding creates an X session (the graphic subsistem) and allows you to connect to it remotely. What is X11 Forwarding First things first: X11 is not VNC where you share the remote console with the person that is logged on to the machine.

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