Sunday, November 10, 2013

How To Put Microsoft RDP on iPod

Microsoft put out a version of their RDP for the iPhone and iPad so that you can basically run windows on your iPhone/iPad but not on your iPod which is what I have.  So I found a way to put it on your iPod but I must warn you it crashes from time to time. The crashes are not major crashes, it just shuts down the app. Now let's get started.  Ok, first you need to download and install iPhone Configuration Utility then go to iTunes and download Microsoft Remote Desktop.  Connect your device (if you haven't already).  Click on the iPhone Configuration Utility and go through the instruction then open it up, you should see your device.  Click Add Item (the picture of a device at the top left corner) then go libraries\music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Mobile Applications\ then switch the file type to Mobile Application .ipa. Then click the Application tab under your device name and scroll down to Microsoft Remote Desktop and click the install button.  I know it's not Linux but you can run a Linux RDP.

GNU/Linux

Hello today I want to direct your attention to GNU/Linux why is it called that and why (in my opinion) it should just be Linux.  OK first some history on GNU and Linux.  GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix, and Linux is named after it's creator Linus Torvalds and the x probably came from Unix.  Linus Torvalds says it doesn't need to be GNU/Linux but just Linux and I agree because it's the Linux kernel and at this point GNU was just the first distro nothing more.  Well there is something more because you will see a few pieces of software in any Linux that points back to GNU like GNU Nano and GIMP(GNU Image Manipulation Programs) but other than that not much more i know of.  Also Mac's not called GNU/OSX but it has GNU Nano.  Plus I'm not quite sure if GIMP came from GNU or not. I'm not quite sure which it should be called at this point but I do give both Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds credit for making the best OS in the world and in ways the most advanced.