In addition to the suggestions for Cygwin and TightVNC: Sounds like a good excuse to load up a spare PC with the linux of your choice. Or use a VMWare session to run linux. Either can be used to run the Oracle installer. From the Xserver machine ( your linux PC ) use xhost to allow an X connection from the Oracle box. Assuming the Oracle box is frodo $> xhost frodo. use telnet or ssh to logon to the target machine. set the DISPLAY to the Xserver (your PC - assume it is bilbo ) $> set DISPLAY=bilbo:0.0; export DISPLAY $>xclock If xclock worked, runInstaller should work. This may be somewhat simpler if you use VNC. HTH. Jared On 10/26/05, Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We are looking at moving our databases from Windows to Linux. I found > Putty for accessing Linux from Windows. However, it does not have a GUI. Is > there a GUI client for accessing Linux from Windows XP? > Jeffrey Beckstrom > Database Administrator > Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority > 1240 W. 6th Street > Cleveland, Ohio 44113 > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist