Remote Desktop

by Arjen P. de Vries

We want to operate the firefox on the desktop in the study (connected to the TV with an HDMI cable)…

… from the couch in the living room.

Why is this an issue? Well, our study is separated from the living room by a sliding door that includes the TV - so pausing a movie or changing the volume involves a walk to the study (and the shortest route involves sliding away the TV), an inconvenient interruption.

A straightforward solution should be to connect our (Windows) laptop(s) to the (Linux) desktop using Remote Desktop. GNOME Remote Desktop should enable just that, but it is, well, pre-alpha; not yet ready for use in my desktop environment (FC33).

I have documented the steps to make this work at my RDP at Home page.