Sometime we may want to access to window based remote desktop
while we are on linux.
to do that.. either we use VNC.. or RDP ( Remote Desktop Protocol)..
to do that..
you may need to run Ultra VNC on windows XP machine..
and from linux..
just vncviewer host:port
vncviewer 172.0.0.1:5900
others..
use RDP instead..
enable remote Desktop access in Window machine..
and in linux..
su –
yum install rdesktop -y
exit..
rdesktop host -5 -f -r sound:local -z
you will full screen of window dislay with -f flag..
to back to normal linux desktop.. press.
Ctrl+Alt+Enter.
hehe..
I have the same issue with eeebuntu on eeepc too, sudo this, sudo that.
And feels weird typing my own password instead of root’s.
what to do, stuck with centos/rhel for work … and since use the work machine so much, might as well make the other home machines the same for familiarity (except for the eeepc, for which the default centos is a bit too slow).
that remind me on one event at one of my project site.
requirement was easy..
“need to set a new ip address to the machine.”
and the machine happened to be running Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) because someone else already installed it earlier..
First few minute wasted to guess the root password as the one who installed it also not quite familiar..
then only realized it need normal user password instead of root password.. (one of occupational hazard i think.)