App-rdesktop

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App-System

rdesktop is an open source UNIX client for connecting to Windows Remote Desktop Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user's Windows desktop. rdesktop is known to work with Windows server versions ranging from NT 4 terminal server to Windows Server 2012 R2. grdesktop is a related graphical user interface.

General Information

rdesktop

• An X client for remote desktop into Windows Terminal Server.
• rdesktop is an open source client for Windows NT Terminal Server and Windows 2000 Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user's NT desktop. Unlike with the Citrix ICA, no server extensions are required.

rdesktop currently runs on most UNIX based platforms with the X Window System, and other ports should be fairly straightforward.

grdesktop

• A front-end for the remote desktop client (rdesktop)
• Basic connections are established using the main screen.

  Access advanced connection settings via the [ Down ] button.

  Choose [ Windows XP/2003 ] to access Windows XP SP3 and newer operating systems.

  Choose [ Windows NT/2000 ] to access Windows XP SP2 and older operating systems.

• Can save and/or load connect information in text files.

  Save/load functionality is accessed by clicking the [Down] button.

  Native Microsoft RDP client session files are loadable as long as text file line termination is changed from CRLF to LF.

  Session files do not contain settings that differentiate between NT/2000 and later versions of the RDP protocol. Before using the [ Execute ] button, be sure to verify the current setting.

• Can browse the network for available terminal servers.
• Is written in C, and utilizes the GTK+ 2 toolkit.

External Links

• rdesktop.org
• wikipedia:Rdesktop
• grdesktop @ nongnu.org

Distribution-specific Information

Mageia 6

Install rdesktop for the underlying terminal server connectivity.

An example of an rdesktop installation:

$ sudo urpmi rdesktop To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: Package Version Release Arch (medium "Core Release (distrib1)") lib64gssglue1 0.4 7.mga6 x86_64 lib64pcsclite1 1.8.20 1.mga6 x86_64 rdesktop 1.8.3 3.mga6 x86_64 531KB of additional disk space will be used. 225KB of packages will be retrieved. Proceed with the installation of the 3 packages? (Y/n) Y

grdesktop

Install grdesktop for a graphical user interface to facilitate starting a remote desktop connection.

An example of grdesktop installation:

$ sudo urpmi grdesktop To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed: Package Version Release Arch (medium "Core Release (distrib1)") ORBit2 2.14.19 16.mga6 x86_64 grdesktop 0.23 13.mga6 x86_64 lib64IDL2_0 0.8.14 7.mga6 x86_64 lib64ORBit2_0 2.14.19 16.mga6 x86_64 lib64bonobo2_0 2.32.1 11.mga6 x86_64 lib64bonoboui2_0 2.24.5 9.mga6 x86_64 lib64gail18 2.24.31 3.mga6 x86_64 lib64gnome2_0 2.32.1 17.mga6 x86_64 lib64gnomecanvas2_0 2.30.3 9.mga6 x86_64 lib64gnomeui2_0 2.24.5 9.mga6 x86_64 libbonobo 2.32.1 11.mga6 x86_64 libbonoboui 2.24.5 9.mga6 x86_64 libgnome2 2.32.1 17.mga6 x86_64 libgnome2-schemas 2.32.1 17.mga6 x86_64 libgnomecanvas 2.30.3 9.mga6 x86_64 libgnomeui2 2.24.5 9.mga6 x86_64 14MB of additional disk space will be used. 3.2MB of packages will be retrieved. Proceed with the installation of the 16 packages? (Y/n) Y