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Working remotely: OpenSSH

Remote work is one of the best things about working from the shell.

A remote shell on dialup is more responsive than a VNC or RDP session over 20mbps fiber – with SSH, a machine on the other side of the world is just as easy to work on as one sitting right in front of you.

you@thisbox:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server

you@thatbox:~$ ssh you@thisbox Password: you@thisbox:~$