how are you linking remote desktop with linux ?

network .. via either a crossover cable .. or a router/hub
you can also do virtualization

vmware and xen .. awesome tech ..
you mean I’ll access linux from within windows ?
you can do it that way .. or the other IseeIsee

linux -> windows tsclient and remote desktop
windows -> linux xvnc / tightvnc
aha

how different would that experience be from using the OS directly ?
you can also share printers / drives .. with samba linux < -> windows both ways

IseeIsee: very
the whole basic usage of linux is different
the filesystem it sits on is different