Linux weblog Ubuntu Switch demonstrates how to control an Ubuntu computer from Windows using SSH and VNC. Back in the day Gina wrote a tutorial on how to go headless using VNC. This process is really similar in Linux — the caveat being that there’s no need to install a VNC server since Ubuntu and most Linux distros have some form of a VNC server built in. The tutorial requires SSH, VNC, and port forwarding — all things we’ve covered here in the past. The process is pretty Ubuntu-specific, but should work equally well with any Gnome-based distro.