As a Linux server and Windows user, I often need to run Linux GUI apps but do not wanna install a GUI on the server. So I use SSH to run GUI apps on the server and display them on my Windows machine.

Install X11 Server on Windows

Download and install VcXsrv from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/.

Run the XLauncher and keep the default settings.

Install X11 Client on Linux

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sudo apt-get install xorg openbox

Enable X11 forwarding on the server

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and modify the following line:

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X11Forwarding yes

Restart SSH service

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sudo service ssh restart

Connect to the server

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ssh -X user@server-ip-address

Run GUI apps

Run xeyes to test:

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xeyes