Remote X11 on Windows using SSH Tunneling
I hadn't used remote X11 for so long I'd just about forgotten how to go about setting it up, so I thought I'd knock up a quick guide (nothing seems to cement something in my head quite like doing a short howto). Firstly, grab the software you'll need: Download PuTTY and PuTTYGen from the PuTTY Download Page Download and install XMing Run PuTTYGen and generate a new key (SSH-2 RSA) Save the private key on your client machine and copy the text from public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the X11 host.