[KLUG Members] Re: rdesktop

Bryan J. Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:00:45 -0500


Tony Gettig wrote:
> Has anyone used rdesktop to connect to a Windows Terminal Server?
> I just grabbed it today and it seems to work pretty well.

Yeah, it saves on having to buy Citrix's setup.

> I still need M$ for a couple of NetWare related admin tasks.

???  I thought Caldera had a lot of that stuff ported to Linux?

> This could be just the trick, besides vmware.

You could also just use VNC to a regular Windows box.  Less secure
and even dumber, but it does the job.

-- Bryan

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