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=How to use Windows RDP from a Linux Box= | |||
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. Run xfreerdp from your favorite terminal: | 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: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
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> | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
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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. | To quit the rdp session press the right <ctrl> key and switch to then in the terminal and press <ctrl>+c. | ||
=Installation= | |||
Ubuntu 20.04 install the package 'freerdp2-x11': | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
sudo apt install freerdp2-x11 | |||
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Revision as of 10:45, 22 January 2021
How to use Windows RDP from a Linux Box
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.
Installation
Ubuntu 20.04 install the package 'freerdp2-x11':
sudo apt install freerdp2-x11