Paul Turner » Linux http://paulturner.me What was that again? Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:49:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Connect to a Windows remote desktop using Linux http://paulturner.me/2008/10/connect-to-a-windows-remote-desktop-using-linux/ http://paulturner.me/2008/10/connect-to-a-windows-remote-desktop-using-linux/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:46:15 +0000 Paul http://paul-turner.net/?p=69 Whilst browsing I found this article of 10 tips when making the switch to Ubuntu Linux.  One of the tips is Remote desktop to a Windows desktop/server.

There is a program called rdesktop that allows you to connect to a windows remote desktop sesson on an IP address (over RDP):

rdesktop [server]:[port]

The remote desktop I tried this on was using a VPN tunnel using this command:

rdesktop localhost:52893

The article also linked to the Wikipedia rDesktop article which linked to information for other RDP clients.

The only downside I found so far is that the screen resolution was restricted to 800*600 with 16 colours. Not a big problem for occasional use, but I may investigate some of the other solutions.

Does anyone else know of a better alternative?

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