Having FULL access to a Linxu machine using a remote client of some kind?

[BobTheSlob]

I'd rather not invest in a KVM, but I don't want to have two keyboards and two mice either. Is there any way that I can get a connection to a remote Linux machine using some sort of software on my Windows machine?

I know this kind of thing is done all the time, but I'm not sure what kind of limitations it has. I want to be able to do most anything I want on the machine through the remote login.

Any info on this?
Thanks

 

[Carnival Forces]

www.vnc.com ask someone more experienced w/ *nix, i couldn't get it to work (but i think that was b/c i was firewalled (and i couldn't change port forwarding b/c the router is inaccessable to me ))

 

[Drake]

SSH if you don't need GUI

 

[j-rock]

google putty

 

[Fint]

You could setup a serial console. Connect both PCs with a serial cable, run something like Hyperterm on the Windows box, and change Linux to spawn a getty on ttyS0 and you'd be set.

SSH would be more practical, but a serial console would be a good learning experience.