Connect to a Debian 8.0 machine over RDP with xrdp.

Using xrdp on Debian to allow remote desktop connections from a Windows machine is very easy. I wanted to connect to a Debian 8.0 instance running in VMware from a Windows 7 installation. Firstly, I installed xrdp on Debian. root@debian:/home/jason# apt install xrdproot@debian:/home/jason# apt install xrdp Then I had to…

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Running Windows Vista in Virtualbox with Linux Mint 15.

Vista running in Virtualbox and how to RDP into Windows from Linux. Here I am running Windows Vista in Virtualbox. This is an older version of Windows, but I really wanted to try this out on my laptop. I installed the 32bit Virtualbox Guest Additions in Vista and now I…

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