Remote Desktop, a software included with Fedora, enables you to connect to remote computer over the internet. Remote desktop will allow you to see and control your connected PC as though you were sitting directly in front of it. In this post, I will discuss how to set up remote desktop on Fedora 7. Here, I will refer to local system as “my computer” and other as “remote computer”. The connection will be established over TCP port 5900. Before you proceed, make sure that the port is not blocked by a firewall. I will walk you through the steps to set up remote desktop.

Steps to be performed on "remote computer", i.e., the computer which will be accessed from "my computer":

1. Launch the Remote Desktop Preferences by clicking