Configure a desktop machine
“Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.”
— Albert Einstein
Many people use Microsoft Windows as a desktop operating system. This chapter addresses the following tools that are recommended for accessing z/VM and Linux from a Windows desktop:
•A Secure Shell (SSH) client: PuTTY is recommended
•A Virtual Network Computing (VNC) client: RealVNC is recommended
•A 3270 emulator: Many choices are available
3.1 PuTTY: A free SSH client for MS Windows
Throughout this book, SSH is used to ...
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