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A nice and convenient variant to use RDP from a Linux box to a windowos system is xfreerdp.  
A nice and convenient variant to use RDP from a Linux box to a windowos system is xfreerdp.  


The following switches are used to enable multimonitor usage as well as microphone and sound. Monitor 0 and 1 is used in full screen mode on the linux box.  
The following switches are used to enable multimonitor usage as well as microphone and sound. Monitor 0 and 1 is used in full screen mode on the linux box. Run xfreerdp from your favorite terminal:


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xfreerdp /monitors:0,1 /multimon /sound /microphone  /u:<user name> /v:<ip address or domain name of the server>
xfreerdp /monitors:0,1 /multimon /sound /microphone  /u:<user name> /v:<ip address or domain name of the server>
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To quit the rdp session press the right <ctrl> key and switch to then in the terminal and press <ctrl>+c.

Revision as of 10:34, 22 January 2021

A nice and convenient variant to use RDP from a Linux box to a windowos system is xfreerdp.

The following switches are used to enable multimonitor usage as well as microphone and sound. Monitor 0 and 1 is used in full screen mode on the linux box. Run xfreerdp from your favorite terminal:

xfreerdp /monitors:0,1 /multimon /sound /microphone  /u:<user name> /v:<ip address or domain name of the server>


To quit the rdp session press the right <ctrl> key and switch to then in the terminal and press <ctrl>+c.