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Are you tired of only using console program on your remote Bubba then this how-to is for you.<br> 

To be able to run graphical applications from Bubba on your PC there are a few things thats needs to be set up. There is several way you could&nbsp;accomplish this goal. In this how-to we will use the standard Linux/Unix graphic libraries X11 to accomplish this. First we need to install the X11 server on our Windows pc. I will use the Cygwin/x [http://x.cygwin.com/ x.cygwin.com/]. Here you can find documentation on how to install the program [http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-x-installing.html x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup-cygwin-x-installing.html].<br> 

Make sure that you install the following packages: '''xorg-server, xinit, X-start-menu-icons, openssh'''<br> 

Just search for the package name and then click once on the package so it changes from skip to a version number.<br> 

After you have installed Cygwin/X you should start the '''Xwin server''' application that should exist on your start menu. This will start the X11 server and give you an X terminal from where you can ssh in to Bubba.<br> 

Now it's&nbsp; time to ssh into Bubba and become root to install the needed packages. In this how-to you can see how you access the Bubba with SSH [[Howto/Access Server via SSH|Access_Server_via_SSH]]. You should follow the description for the Linux terminal. Just answer yes to the question ''Are you sure you want to continue connecting''<br> 

When you have root access on Bubba you should run this command to install the needed packages&nbsp; 
<pre>apt-get install xbase-clients x11-common xterm nano
 
</pre> 
Now we need to make sure that the SSH server settings on the Bubba allows forwarding of graphics. Edit the file ''/etc/ssh/sshd_config''<br> 
<pre>nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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Make sure that this line exist in the file<br> 
<pre>X11Forwarding yes</pre> 
Make sure that there is no hash (#) before the line since it will then be regarded as a comment and not a setting. Now we need to make the new setting take affect<br> 
<pre>/etc/init.d/ssh reload</pre> 
Now we need to log out from Bubba by running '''exit''' twice. If you&nbsp;accidentally closes the terminal you can get it back by right clicking the Cygwin/X icon in the task-bar and chose '''Application-&gt;xterm'''.<br> 

Now we can login again but this time we should add the flag '''-Y''' to the ssh command<br> 
<pre>ssh -Y USER@IPADDRESS
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You should now be able to run graphical applications on the Bubba and they should show up in the Windows PC, test this by running the xterm command. <br> 

Now you only need to install some greate gui application on the Bubba so you have something to display on the Windows PC