Remote Desktop Connection is a program used to connect graphical to a Windows machine. You can read more about it here 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol'.

To use Windows

To launch 'Remote Desktop Connection'.
Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Remote Desktop Connection.

In older verison of Windows XP Remote Desktop Connections is under Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Communations.
Finish connecting here.

Click Start Button and type in 'remote desktop connection'. Click on 'Remote Desktop Connections' below 'Programs'.

To connect type in server name that you are connecting to and click Connect.

To use a Unix Client

All Unix clients use the program 'rdesktop'.

/opt/csw/bin/rdesktop

Assuming it installed on your Linux the command is the just 'rdesktop'.

Basic connection

rdesktop server-name

Full screen and 16bit colour connection

rdesktop -f -a 16 server-name

1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6 Canada | (613) 520-7400