I want to return to Playing with Linux here but want to run it on a separate box.
I haven't chosen any particular distribution (yet) and hopefully that's unimportant for now.
What is a pre-requisite though is to access the Linux PC on a Win2k/XP Pro PC over a lan.

I'm hoping for more than simple ssh or telnet shell sessions (X?) and would like to have fairly good functionality on the Windoze PC in terms of running Linux apps (though not necessarily 3d games etc.).
Preferably the solution would involve free (as in beer) Win software but that's not essential.

Can anyone point me in the right direction pls?

RTFM / Flame-wise i'm hoping for the sympathy vote here and a little gentle advice, if you must Google-Flame please bear in mind your flames won't be read as I'll be too busy on the aforementioned Google