Friday, February 4, 2011

How can I remote desktop to a Windows machine from a Linux machine?

At work I use Windows Server 2008. At home, I just got a openSUSE laptop. Is there an RDP client I can use?

  • http://www.rdesktop.org/

  • rdesktop and tsclient both work well in my experience on Red Hat and Ubuntu. I expect that either or both would be available for SuSe. I use a little shell script to access windows over RDP:

    #!/bin/sh
    
    SERVER=name.of.windows.machine
    
    /usr/bin/rdesktop -g 1152x864 \
    -a 16 \
    -u windowsusername \
    -d windowsdomain \
    -r sound:local \
    $SERVER
    
    From robc
  • You could use VNC. The VNC server can be installed on your Windows box and the VNC client installed on your Linux laptop. VNC is free and very good, I tend to use it in preference to Remote Desktop.

    dub : Why has this answer been downvoted. It it not correct ?
    From stevechol

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