[TriLUG] looking to build a small Linux desktop

Carl Crider c.crider at gmail.com
Thu May 29 11:50:14 EDT 2008


 RDesktop will connect to your windows machine.

I know nothing about using any Mac hardware though.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> As I am doing more and more Linux work I'd like to build a Linux desktop
> for
> work.  My requirements are fairly open but I do want a small, fairly quiet
> desktop machine and I'd really like two monitors.  I was considering using
> my G4 mini for the job running either OS X or Ubuntu PowerPC build but a) I
> wouldn't have a secondary monitor and b) I'm not sure how I would connect
> to
> my work laptop that runs XP Remote Desktop.
>
> Any suggestions for what hardware to use as my desktop?  Small and silent
> is
> what I'm after.  Optical drive is unnecessary.
>
> Also has anyone had any success connecting to a XP Remote Desktop session
> using Linux (or a mac)?
>
> Greg
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