Linux : Remmina – Remote desktop client

Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks. Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistant user interface. Currently RDP, VNC, XDMCP and SSH are supported.

Remmina is released with three separated packages:

* “remmina”, the main GTK+ application
* “remmina-gnome”, the GNOME desktop applet
* “remmina-xfce”, the Xfce panel plugin

Remmina is free and open-source software, released under GNU GPL license.

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) :-

First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/llyzs/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Save and exit the file

Add gpg key

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 5A0FA8F1

Update source list

sudo apt-get update

Install remmina

sudo aptitude install remmina remmina-gnome

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