How about running Windows 7 on a £29 Raspberry Pi? Well you can’t (yet) but Citrix have have got XenDesktop running on the Pi so you can use Windows 7 on the board. It’s a great example of the technology and has some interesting implications for low cost buisness computing in the future.
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I’ve never really used Linux much, and I’ve struggled a bit with my Pi, but tonight I got rdesktop working very nicely across the internet to a 2003 Terminal Server at school. It’s a very viable option as a thin client fas far as I can see, and all you need is a stack of £5 SD cards ready to slot in if anything goes wrong. It was miles quicker than the Pi itself for using Office applications and web browsing.
I am going to try and get rdp working next, did you have to compile a package?
Well, I’d already installed Synaptic Package Manager using apt-get, so from there it’s just a case of searching for rdesktop and installing it. For the sake of ease I also installed grdesktop which provides a nice graphical way of setting all the switches like user, IP, display size etc. For someone who has barely used Linux it was a doddle. Now if I can just get the Pi to play an MP3 I’ll be happy!