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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:


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<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>
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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
</syntaxhighlight>

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