missing just 1 little thing....


Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: missing just 1 little thing....
started by: berdt

Posted by berdt on Oct. 31 2003,20:49
DSL is great! It spreads like a virus!
I am missing just one little thing: rdesktop 1.3 from <a href="http://www.rdesktop.org" target="_blank">http://www.rdesktop.org</a>
Version 1.3 supports sound and full color, which you'll need for Windows XP and 2003.

Posted by ImNotHere on Oct. 31 2003,21:27
er.. the link is broken, what exactly is rdesktop?
Posted by roberts on Oct. 31 2003,23:20
rdesktop 1.2 is on the CD. It is used to connect to Win Terminal Server or Citrix server. Kinda like our remote X server ability in Linux.  Maybe 1.3 needs more libraries?
Posted by berdt on Nov. 02 2003,00:36
I know version 1.2 is on the cd, that's why I am suggesting version 1.3.
Version 1.3 supports RDP5, the main difference is full color support and audio support. You are also able to connect to the console of a Win2k3 server.
These are a huge improvements for a lot of people.

Roberts, a RDP client cannot be used to connect to a Citrix server. Citrix is using the ICA protocol instead of RDP.
I think it's hardly comparable with remote X server. RDP and ICA are consuming much less bandwidth (about 10kb) and are encrypted by default.
You could compare it to NX from <a href="www.nomachine.com" target="_blank">www.nomachine.com</a>

rdesktop needs the following libraries:

libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1)
libssl0.9.7
SSL shared libraries xlibs (>> 4.1.0)

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