Richard, Rdesktop,or similar software apps, are used by tech support companies worldwide to access the client's computer and fix things, communicating to the office computer from home, and as a teaching aid because you both can see what is on the client's screen, and you can share the mouse. There is no software to install on the Windows client, just allow RDP in system properties. Windows includes all the remote desktop software, one just has to enable it. The rdesktop software is installed on your Linux computer, but there are many other options in the Debian and Ubuntu repositories for remote desktop access between windows and Linux.
https://www.itworld.com/article/2988289/linux/how-to-install-and-use-rdesktop-the-remote-desktop-client-for-linux.html http://www.rdesktop.org/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/remote-desktop-clients If you have two computers, you may want to put windows 10 on one of them and Linux on the other. Then you can try out rdesktop and other Linux flavors of remote desktop access over your lan to see how it works. Once caveat, the connection will be slower over the Internet than over your lan. Good luck! Mark On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 5:33 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 01/06/2018 08:51 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> A few ideas off the top of my head... >> >> * Maybe you could use rdesktop (or some equivalent) to gain access >> to his computer and show him how to work on it? I did this years ago >> on older Windows machines from Linux, not sure if you can do it today >> with newer windows. Google will help you with this. >> > > I'd be uncomfortable having him install software that I'm unfamiliar with. > > >> * Set up a virtual machine on your Linux box and install Windows 10. >> Then you and he will have a common vocabulary. The rdesktop idea >> should also work in this setup. >> > > That has possibilities. A VM has been suggested for an unrelated series of > projects. I like to experiment with install/configuration options (primary > machine has 5 installs of Debian with a sixth being seriously considered) > > >> * Just go see him, forget the computers, and drink some beer....;) >> > > Mobility issues make traveling that distance difficult. Also his house is > not handicapped accessible. > > Thanks all. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug