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== Configuring your system - Remote display connections == | == Configuring your system - Remote display connections == | ||
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Windows users will be familiar with remote desktop, which uses the RDP protocol. There are a number of linux clients that provide connectivity using RDP. Before you continue, you may want to ensure the '''rdesktop''' USE flag is set in your ''make.conf'', or per-package as below. | Windows users will be familiar with remote desktop, which uses the RDP protocol. There are a number of linux clients that provide connectivity using RDP. Before you continue, you may want to ensure the '''rdesktop''' USE flag is set in your ''make.conf'', or per-package as below. | ||
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'''$''' sudo emerge -av grdesktop | '''$''' sudo emerge -av grdesktop | ||
Once the emerge has completed, you can start the gui and create an RDP connection using the Network -> Remotedesktop Client item in your menu. | Once the emerge has completed, you can start the gui and create an RDP connection using the Network -> Remotedesktop Client item in your menu. | ||
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| + | === Inbound Remote Desktop Connections === | ||
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| + | This is possible via a combination of tigerVNC and xrdp. First, make sure the ''server'' USE flag is configured for tigerVNC. | ||
| + | '''$''' sudo emerge -av xrdp | ||
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Revision as of 17:26, 23 November 2016
Configuring your system - Remote display connections
Remote Desktop
Windows users will be familiar with remote desktop, which uses the RDP protocol. There are a number of linux clients that provide connectivity using RDP. Before you continue, you may want to ensure the rdesktop USE flag is set in your make.conf, or per-package as below.
The rdesktop package provides command-line functionality for RDP connections. There is a gtk based frontend for the redesktop package called grdesktop, which is what we will focus on here.
$ sudo emerge -av grdesktop
Once the emerge has completed, you can start the gui and create an RDP connection using the Network -> Remotedesktop Client item in your menu.
Inbound Remote Desktop Connections
This is possible via a combination of tigerVNC and xrdp. First, make sure the server USE flag is configured for tigerVNC.
$ sudo emerge -av xrdp