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Re: Remote desktop connection


Robert Rackl wrote:
It seems that with regular RDP, I can only do it using one local screen; if there is a way to use multiple screens please let me know how.
You are using incorrect terminology here, namely the concept of "screen". RDP allows you to connect to a remote system and present you with a desktop. In Windows XP you can connect one RDP session. Doing so moves the "desktop" from the local machine to the machine that is requesting the RDP session. With Windows XP you are allowed to do this once. With Windows Server you are allowed to do this twice. You can buy more RDP licenses though I have yet to see a shop that has done that. Most buy Citrix which is much more expensive and does pretty much the same thing.
A couple of years ago, a friend showed me how to use Cygwin to establish a remote desktop connection using two local screens which worked well until a disk crash. That friend is now far away and very busy - I'd rather not bother him.
There is software called VNC which has a server component and a client component. It allows you do to what RDP does. It's open source so you could use that. The downside is that VNC is a much less efficient protocol and thus you'll see things like sluggishness when you move the mouse or windows, etc. The plus side is that you can have many connections.

There's also rdesktop that you can install on Linux systems. I don't know if anybody has ported that to Cygwin. Plus side, it's using RDP protocol, thus it's quick. Minus side - same restrictions WRT Windows XP and one RDP session allowed.

Then there's the whole concept of remote access the Unix way which includes such methods as ssh, X, etc.

Perhaps you should try describing better what exactly you are trying to accomplish...
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