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What are the system requirements for connecting?

Submitted by arkurth on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 14:39
  • Windows
    • To connect to another Windows computer, you need Remote Desktop Connection. Windows XP and Vista will work best.
    • To connect to a Unix/Linux computer you must have an SSH client (such as PuTTY). To display graphical applications you will also need an X server (such as X-Win32).
  • Macintosh
    • To connect to a Windows computer, you will need to download Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection software.
    • To connect to a Unix/Linux computer you will need OS X with X11 installed.
  • Linux
    • Linux includes a Remote Desktop client (rdesktop), as well as SSH/X.