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  • I suggest deleting ":portnumber;" from the ssh command. The port number has a standard default and the semicolon breaks the command. Commented Aug 24, 2014 at 4:45
  • I could edit it, but you should edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config instead so that it is not on the default port. If it is only accessible from the internal network then it is fine being left on 22, but if you are allowing access from outside then you should change it to a random port number for security reasons. Commented Aug 24, 2014 at 4:50
  • There are a few problems... (1) The packages "kde" or "kdebase" are not available (no candidate found). (2) There is no .xinitrc file and when I create one (e.g. with contents !#bin/bash [new line] icewm-session), it will be ignored. (3) I am running it in VNC since it was really annoying that every window was included into my Windows taskbar when I used SSH with X-forwarding. I just want to have one linux desktop with its opened programs, separated from my Windows programs. Commented Aug 24, 2014 at 9:09
  • Try "apt-cache kde" (or kdebase, kde-base) to find it. It may be labelled differently in your repo. Though it should be called kde (use "| sort" to help locate). .xinitrc should be included. If not, make your own. the .xinitrc file is an x initiation file. So as soon as x starts it executes these lines (much like how bashrc runs as soon as you run a terminal). Try "sudo find / -name .xinitrc" to see if it is anywhere. And I assure you, it will be faster to do X forwarding. VNC is pretty slow and clunky. Not meant for the raspberry pi. Commented Aug 24, 2014 at 10:04
  • The packages are not there. As I said, I made my own .xinitrc (find did not find any others), but it gets ignored or the commands fails since another window manager (lxsession) is already running(this is the message I get when I try to run any other window manager).X-Forwarding really doesn't help,unless there is a possibility to have a X-window that contains the whole desktop and all windows.At the moment,the Windows are even hiding my Windows taskbar. It is impossible to work with something like that: imgur.com/kOhVcrS .Also,I have several icons in my taskbar with just an "X" icon. Commented Aug 24, 2014 at 11:17