Linux RDP Clients

michael writes "Does anyone know a RDP Client for Linux? RDP clients allow you to access Microsoft terminal servers - quite similar to Citrix ICA. I know there are at least two of them - from Compaq and Igel. However, both seem to be bundled with the hardware (thin clients). I spoke to someone at Igel last year and they said they were still unsure whether they'd sell it seperately (or even give it away for free). I wasn't able to reach somebody at Compaq. Are there any other products like this (free or commercial)? "

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Well, I'm sorry.

[Inoshiro]

But those protocols would seem to require reverse engineering, ala Samba..

The best solution you'll likely find (interum) is either VNC from AT&T (free, semi-opensource), or one of the commercial ones listed on this X resource site.

Citrix has a download site with some multi-platform clients for their servers, but nothing for Linux (although there is a Java one).

I'm afraid that's the closest you'll get. Even then, they're not the best solution as Win32 API (and 99.99999999999, yadda, % apps) really were not designed with anything other than the assumption that 1) they'd be on the local machine, and 2) there's only one user ever on the machine. This is why VNC is a bit slow, and things like Winframe and NT:TSE don't scale well.
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