Rdesktop

RDP5 features supported: • Bitmap caching • File system, audio, serial port and printer port redirection • Mappings for most international keyboards • Stream compression and encryption • Automatic authentication • Smartcard support • RemoteApp like support called "seamless" mode via Seamless RDP • Network Level Authentication Still unimplemented are: • Client redirection upon reconnect (of disconnected session) • Remote Assistance requests • USB device redirection Support for the additional features available in RDP 5.1 and RDP 6 (including multi-head display spanning, window composition and console connection) have not yet been implemented, although some have been officially documented on MSDN. ==Use==

Rdesktop is commonly used on desktop ReactOS and Linux installations to connect to Microsoft Windows running Remote Desktop Services. There are many GUI clients, like tsclient, Gnome-RDP and KDE Remote Desktop Connection (KRDC), which are graphical front-ends to rdesktop. The program has also been integrated into several thin client Linux distributions like Thinkstation and the PC TSC project, as well as some thin client appliances. ==See also==