How to connect to remote Ubuntu server 12.10 from Windows

This brief tutorial will show you how to connect to remote Ubuntu server 12.10 from Windows machine. Since there is no GUI available on Ubuntu Server 12.10, we can only connect to remote Ubuntu server via command line. If we are trying to manage the server from a Windows computer, we can use Putty. Putty is a simple application to connect to remote computer via SSH, Telnet, Rlogin or other protocols.

In order to connect to remote Ubuntu Server 12.10 from Windows, you can follow this tips.

1. Download Putty. The latest version would be Putty 0.62.

2. Either download the installer or portable one. Execute it once you finished downloading Putty.

3. In this example, I will show you how to connect to remote Ubuntu Server 12.10 via SSH protocol. Enter your server hostname or IP address. You can save this session for later uses if you want. Then press Open

4. Enter user name and password when asked. This is the user and password of the remote computer.