Saturday, April 8, 2023

what is X11 on Linux

X11 is very important for a sysadmin because some applications only install or run on GUI. This always happen in case of third party applications. So in this article, we are talking about how to use x11 forwarding.

This is an awesome tool for every sysadmin who is working remotely via putty and need to work or install GUI applications.

Mostly cases we use it on java and KVM applications with the help of x11. 

If you are using it on the remote machine do not set any environment variable. Just enable x11 forwarding in ssh setting in putty and follow the below steps.

references:

https://www.explinux.com/2020/07/how-to-enable-x11-forwarding-in-rhel-8-centos-8.html

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