[olpc-help] Remote Desktop / Terminal Services support?
Steve Holton
sph0lt0n at gmail.com
Fri Apr 11 13:51:57 EDT 2008
If I recall correctly, rdesktop is already installed on the XO, but
has to be called from a command line.
I have seen this work myself; it works fine...
...it's just /so/ wrong. ;-)
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Johnny Long <ihackstuff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am in the process of creating a plan to roll out 70 computer labs in
> schools across Uganda, Africa. I was looking at non-OLPC solutions,
> but now that I've had time to play with an OLPC, I'm convinced it's
> the best hardware platform for the job, but I need a way to teach
> Windows (office apps, but mostly OS look-and-feel, etc). I'm not a big
> fan of the hack-Windows-to-run-on-XO idea, but would rather prefer to
> connect an RDP-style session on the OLPC to an in-class Windows
> server. I know there are many Linux RDP clients, but has anyone gotten
> anything like this working? I'd love a pointer to a static binary, but
> I'm willing to compile things myself if someone could point me to a
> development platform / ISO, etc.
>
> A solution could go a long way to selling Uganda's government on the XO.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Johnny
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