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There is a way to make a remote access from a Ubuntu Linux to a Windows 7 machine using RDP(Remote Desktop Protocol)?

I use "mstsc.exe" for Windows to Windows connections. What is like "mstsc.exe" that I can easily run from Ubuntu?

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rdesktop is the ticket my friend. It rocks.

apt-get install rdesktop

then

$ rdesktop [hostname]

and of course 'rdesktop --help' will explain how to use it. Here's some extra docs for you. Those extra docs refer to "Terminal Server Client" too:

Terminal Server Client (Applications > Internet > Terminal Server Client) is a GUI front-end to VNC and rdesktop

You can install that through the software center and use it if the command-line calls are too disconcerting.

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If its over a wan, rdesktop -Pz hostname enables bitmap caching and compression, making the thing much more bearable. – crasic Aug 11 '11 at 0:28
+1 @crasic - neat, didn't know that. I always remotely access through ssh tunnels and I just compress those (probably is about the same speed ad I bet both methods apply gzip). – Doc Aug 11 '11 at 0:30
ssh won't do on-disk caching though, so you would at least benefit from the -P flag – crasic Aug 11 '11 at 0:37
@crasic: Ahh good point. – Doc Aug 11 '11 at 1:55
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