On Sunday 01 October 2006 21:56, Daniel Iliev wrote:
> Mick wrote:

> > Thank you.  Given that grdesktop is just a gnome front end (equivalent to
> > krdc, which I believe requires vnc) are any solutions that work with the
> > default WinXP remote desktop/remote assistance set up?
>
> No, grdesktop is a front-end for "net-misc/rdesktop" which is an RDP
> (Remnote Desktop Protocol) client. This is exactly what you need to
> connect to MS WinXP's "Remote Desktop" service. "emerge grdesktop" will
> pull rdesktop as a dependency. That's all you need. No Installation of
> VNC Server at the Windows computer.

Thanks Daniel, I really like the sound of this, but there's a catch.  I do not 
run Gnome on my machine and grdesktop is of course also pulling in a load of 
Gnome libraries and dependencies.  Is there a non-Gnome grdesktop equivalent?
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Regards,
Mick

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