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How can I export DISPLAY from a Linux terminal to a Windows PC?

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Mar 15, 2026263567 views
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Exporting display from a Linux terminal to a Linux desktop is easy; you do the following: On 192.168.90.121 (localPC): On 192.168.10.164 (remotePC): The Firefox window appears on my localPC. In the above case both PCs are Linux. Can I similarly export the Linux display to a Windows PC? In the above…

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xhost + 192.168.10.164

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Yes you can, if you install an X server on your Windows computer. There are a number of commercial choices (I used Starnet X-Win32 some time ago), and a couple of open source ones, like Cygwin/X and XMing. It's not as painless as Linux to Linux (or …

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