.. title: Simple KDE Trick #2: using remote desktops with avahi, krfb and krdc
.. slug: BB844
.. date: 2009/10/20 21:31
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Most people nowadays have more than one computer. Often, you are using one, and would like to do something in another. In this video, I will explain how trivial it is to do that without leaving your seat in a modern Linux using KDE.

We will use the following:

* Avahi, a zeroconf implementation to let you find your
  computers in your network without worrying about IP
  addresses, DNS, etc.

* krfb, the KDE Remote Frame Buffer. This is a program to share your desktop over the network.

* krdc, the KDE Remote Desktop Client, a VNC, RDP client, which is what you use to see a desktop shared via krfb.

I am sure users of other operating systems or desktop environments will say they can do it just as easily. In that case, feel free to do your own videos ;-)

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Keep in mind that accessing remote desktops over the internet is a whole different beast, and this solution is not meant for that case.

As usual, this video was recorded using qt-recordmydesktop. There was minor editing using mencoder. 

The computer used is the original Asus eee PC 701 4G, so you can see this is not exactly a hardware-intensive operation. I find the eee's small screen is great for this kind of full-screen demo, because it's not big enough to drown the important parts.