[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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