Using windows rdp to access your ubuntu instance

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https://community.hpcloud.com/article/using-windows-rdp-access-your-ubuntu-instance

This is pretty sweet, wanted to share it.

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Worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing. Tested on 14.04LTS
Figure it should work on any *nix, just need the xrdp package installed and service started.

The gist:

Ubuntu

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sudo apt-get install xrdp
Windows:

Code: [Select]

mstsc
computer: linux-hostname

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Worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing. Tested on 14.04LTS
Figure it should work on any *nix, just need the xrdp package installed and service started.

The gist:

Ubuntu

Code: [Select]

sudo apt-get install xrdp
Windows:

Code: [Select]

mstsc
computer: linux-hostname

Yeah thats what I liked most, it just works.
Myself I don't use windows that often but it can be a very fitting solution in many situations espicially since windows comes packed with mstsc.
Used it today with xfce4 and it works like a charm, also allows for multiple systems connected to the same user account, I like that.