Running Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu using Virtualbox, FreeRDP, Windows 7 RemoteApp

Posted on by Jeffrey Hein

Windowless Remote Desktop

Using FreeRDP Nightly: github.com/FreeRDP/FreeR…

sudo echo "deb http://pub.freerdp.com/repositories/deb/`lsb_release --codename -s`/ freerdp-nightly main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freerdp-nightly.list
wget -O - http://pub.freerdp.com/repositories/ADD6BF6D97CE5D8D.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freerdp-nightly
#/bin/bash
/opt/freerdp-nightly/bin/xfreerdp /u:<user> /p:<password> /app:"%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /sound /microphone /drives /v:192.168.56.25
sudo apt-get install alacarte

Using alacart add above script to the untiy menu. Run it, Then right click and select lock to launcher

Set the launcher icon