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I received an email last night that Google has released the source and various packages for Music Beta.  It did not come with the ability to control and modify settings via command line.  This is all fine and dandy except the server that all of my music is on does not have a desktop environment by preference. 

I’m never actually on my server, and it’s by far easier to SSH into it while i’m out and about.  Thanks to X11 forwarding and Cygwin, I was able to forward the application through PuTTYto the windows machine I’m on. 

Here is the list of materials you will need to get this working properly:

1. Cygwin/X
2. PuTTY 

If you prefer another client that’s fine, but make sure it has X11 forwarding Support. 

You will want to download and install Cygwin/X and PuTTY.   Once you’ve done that, setting up PuTTY is pretty easy.  There is an option for the connection under “SSH” that you check to allow X11 Forwarding.  Check this box.  

Connect to your device now using SSH.  Once logged in, do the following:

nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

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If you often use SSH, I basically found Pidgin in ASCII:

http://developer.pidgin.im/

Pop open your terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install finch

You could alternatively use Yum to install this package.  Once installed, simply setup the chat program like you would pidgin.  for GChat and Facebook, you’ll have to manually add the server settings.  If you’re resourceful enough they’re pretty easy to find on Google. 

Use Finch with screen to get even more functionality out of your ssh session. 

http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/

sudo apt-get install screen

I recommend perusing the manual for screen as it is going to be a little different than you’re used to.