= Forward X11 applications to a Windows client =
Some graphical applications running on a managed Linux clients work well when forwarded to a X11 server on a remote PC. The following example describes the use case to connect from a personal Windows PC to a remote managed Linux PC at ETH and use such an application on it.

== Install an X11 server on Windows ==
Download and install [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/|VcXsrv]] on your personal Windows PC

== Connect to the ETH network ==
Make sure you're connected to the ETH network by either:
 * [[Workstations/Network/WLAN-Windows10|WLAN]]
 * or [[Workstations/Network/VPN/Win10|VPN]]

== Start the X11 server ==
 * From your start menu, start the newly installed application '''XLaunch'''.
 * '''Select display settings''': Keep the proposed settings and klick the button '''Next'''
 * '''Select how to start clients''': Select '''Start a program''' and klick the button '''Next'''
 * '''Specify the program to start''': 
   * Select '''Start program on remote computer'''
   * In the field '''Remote program''', enter `xterm`
   * Leave the field '''Password''' empty
   * Fill the name of the Linux PC you want to connect to into '''Connect to computer'''
   * Fill your ETH username into the field '''Login as user'''
   * Klick the button '''Next'''
 * '''Extra settings''': Keep the proposed settings and klick the button '''Next'''
 * '''Configuration complete''': Optionally save your configuration and klick the button '''Finish'''
 * '''Input requested?''': You're now asked for your ETH password. Enter it and click on the button '''OK'''

A window forwarding the output of `xterm` opens on your Windows PC.

== Run a graphical application ==
 * Start the graphical application you'd like to use from the commandline in the `xterm`window, for example {{{
xclock }}}