Remote desktop from Windows 7 / 8 to Ubuntu.

In general, we all are familiar to remote desktop protocol from Windows to Windows machine by "mstsc" and Ubuntu to Windows by "rdesktop ip_address -f" (condition: for full screen). Today, I would like to share "How to remote desktop from Windows 7 / 8 to Ubuntu".

Desktop Sharing in Ubuntu does not support RDP (remote desktop protocol ),so we need to install xrdp to allow connection from Windows 7 / 8  Remote Desktop.

1. Install xrdp in ubuntu. Open a terminal by pressing CTL+ALT+t, then run below command

   sudo apt-get install xrdp

2. Open Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 7.(click Start button,then search “remote” in search box)

3. Input the host name or IP address of your Ubuntu machine ,then click Connect

4. Input your username and password of Ubuntu ,then click Ok to connect

5. You have done, enjoy 

You can also stop the service from below command:

sudo service xrdp stop

It is tested on Windows 7 and 8 and Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 also. 

How to enable multiple remote desktop user logins in Windows 7 / 8 ?

Windows remote desktop connection application can be used in order to connect to another PC on the same network or the internet. Both computers should use Windows and have the “Remote desktop connection” application available. For example, you can use all of your work computer’s programs, files, and network resources from your home computer, and it’s just like you’re sitting in front of your computer at work. You can also use it to access an application that is only installed on a single computer, by multiple users at the same time.

Windows 7 do not allow the concurrent use of a single computer by multiple users. This means that a user needs to be signed out before a second user logs in. This is not the case for the server editions of Windows. Luckily there is a patch that allows you to override this setting and connect multiple users at the same time on a single computer. The will even be able to use the same applications at the same time.

You have to do two patches.

Patch 1 

The first patch just enables multi-user support for the Windows remote desktop connection tool:

1. You need to download the following zip file: Win7RDP.zip. Go to file  and click download or download individually. For this case download three files (two *.dll and one *.cmd).
2.  Unzip the contents.
3. Execute (Right click & Run as Administrator) the file "install.cmd".
4. You should see a screen similar to the one below, if everything works fine.

    5.  After the end of the patching process the remote desktop connection of your pc provides multi-user support.

Patch 2

The following patch application lets you choose whether or not to enable multi-user support for the remote desktop connection process or/and to disable the no blank password policy that is enforced on users that need to connect remotely. Follow the steps below to access the application

1. Download the file Concurrent_RDP_Patcher_2-22-2011.zip 
2. Open the compressed file and execute the file “Concurrent RDP Patcher.exe”
3. You should see the following screen

    4.  Check the desired options and then click the patch button.


 This is tested on Windows 7 and Windows 8 on 21/05/2013

How to Download Page/s from Google Books?

You can download page/s from Google-book by two ways. 

1.  Google Books Downloader for Windows and Mac OS X
   
   
   As announced by Google, the aim of this project is to provide users with their own bookshelf on hand, no matter where they are. Purchased or downloaded books can be read using a desktop browser, as well as through mobile devices based on the Android operating system or iOS. Additionally, the books can be read on any e-reader with Adobe Digital Editions software.
   As opposed to the Picasa service which provides an access to photos, the Google Books service does not allow users to download free electronic editions without digital copy protection and use them on other devices. Google Books Downloader is a little software that allows you to save these books in PDF, JPEG or PNG format (note: it supports only the books marked as "full view").
   
   
   This is the link from where you may download the Google-book downloader http://www.gbooksdownloader.com/
   
   
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How to fix "ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode" ?

I solved this problem by reinstalling ubuntu-desktop.  

Open Ubuntu in console mode.
Give username and password.

or

When the message that "your system is running in low-graphics mode" appears, press Ctrl+Alt+F1, then login with your credentials.

And then, run the following commands:

• sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
• sudo reboot

It is tested on Ubuntu 10.04 on date 09/05/2013

Set / Change / Reset the MySQL root password on Ubuntu Linux.

Set / change / reset the MySQL root password on Ubuntu Linux. Enter the following lines in your terminal. 

1. Stop the MySQL Server.

             sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop

    2.  Start the mysqld configuration.

           

            sudo mysqld --skip-grant-tables &

    3.  Login to MySQL as root.

             mysql -u root mysql

     

     4.   Replace YOURNEWPASSWORD with your new password!

            

            UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('YOURNEWPASSWORD') WHERE User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit;

It is tested on Ubuntu 10.04 on 08/05/2013