To use VNC in Zurich you have to start a vncserver. vncserver -geometry 800x600 -depth 16 :1 * give it a password and look for this line in the output: Log file is read this logfile and look for the connection parameters: 11/11/2010 11:45:46 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 11/11/2010 11:45:46 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801 * Connect to the vncserver using a browser of a vnc client. * have fun * to end the server first close all running programs. After that you can end the server with: vncserver -kill :1 To connect from outside you have to use VPN.