services:remote-access:rdesktop
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- | ===== Connecting from a Linux computer ===== | + | |
+ | ===== Connecting from a Linux computer | ||
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+ | //Remote Desktop Viewer// is a graphical tool provided by the GNOME Desktop (runs on KDE, MATE, XFCE and so on as well) to allow easy access and management of Remote Desktop connections to a Windows computer. | ||
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+ | From your applications menu (here shown on the //MATE Desktop//), navigate to // | ||
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+ | The following window should pop up. This is the main screen of //Remote Desktop Viewer// (here shown is version 3.8.2 as part of GNOME 3.8). | ||
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+ | Click //Connect// and in the following dialog, enter the name of the Windows computer to be connected and your username. If you would to connect in fullscreen mode, tick the checkbox // | ||
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+ | Again, click // | ||
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+ | ===== Connecting from a Linux computer using the command line ===== | ||
To connect to a Windows computer through //Remote Desktop// (rdesktop) from Linux computer, you can use the command // | To connect to a Windows computer through //Remote Desktop// (rdesktop) from Linux computer, you can use the command // | ||
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+ | ===== Connecting from a MacOS X computer ===== | ||
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+ | In order to connect to a Windows terminal server from a computer MacOS X, a free application from Microsoft called //Remote Desktop Client// is required. It can directly be downloaded from Microsofts' | ||
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services/remote-access/rdesktop.txt · Last modified: 2016/10/28 11:38 by tomannecke