From a few days I was wondering how to use windows remote desktop sharing feature. I am using Linux (Fedora) in my Laptop while run Windows XP in my desktop. My Desktop is my internet gateway as my EDGE modem does not work in Linux. So I use internet in Linux using Window’s Internet Connection Sharing feature (PC to PC network). But often I had to perform some tasks in my Windows machine. I need to move from laptop to desktop. But I was looking for a solution by which I can login to Windows Desktop from my Linux Lappy.

Today I found a cool and easiest solution to do that. Its a matter of few minutes using RDesktop.

Installation:

1. Install it using package manager.
   For Redhat/CentOS/Fedora it should be like:
   yum install rdesktop -y

   In Ubuntu:
   apt-get install rdesktop

2. It will install the RDesktop. Now run the following command in Shell.
   rdesktop pc
3. Replace pc with the target PC’s hostname/ip. My Windows PC’s IP was 192.168.0.1. So I had to write like this:
   rdesktop 192.168.0.1
4. That’s it, if everything works well, you will get windows login dialog box. Login using Windows username and password.

[Note:If you can't connect to windows, please enable Remote Desktop Sharing Protocol in Windows. You can also try by turning firewalls off at both end.]

Manual Installation:

• Download the latest version from here.
• Extract the archive.
• From terminal run the following commands:
  ./configure
  make
  make install
• You are done!

Happy Remote Desktoping

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