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Supporting Windows terminal clients from Linux with xrdp
TERMINAL BOSS
Author(s): KEN HESS
Xrdp helps your Windows terminal clients connect to Linux.
Windows-to-Linux remote desktop connectivity is often bandwidth intensive, insecure, and difficult to configure. What if a remote Windows users could establish a connection to a Linux system as easily as connecting to a Windows system – and using the same application used to connect to Windows?
Xrdp is an open source implementation of RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), the protocol used with Windows Terminal Services for native Windows desktop connectivity. The xrdp package provides RDP functionality, along with an X server capable of accepting connections from rdesktop and Windows Terminal Server clients.
I think the idea of having a live Linux CD to log into a Windows terminal server is the best.
The issue with automatically detecting local printers is the only caveat I have run into.
Seriously great plan though especially when you are dealing with older hardware and little to no budget.
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Linux as clients for Windows Terminal Server
Brian Strother Mar 31, 2009 10:54pm GMT
I think the idea of having a live Linux CD to log into a Windows terminal server is the best.The issue with automatically detecting local printers is the only caveat I have run into.
Seriously great plan though especially when you are dealing with older hardware and little to no budget.