# Rdesktop > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rdesktop > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rdesktop.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop > Source revision: 1353106352 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Free remote desktop software}} {{More citations needed|article|date=August 2008}} {{lowercase title|rdesktop}} {{Infobox software | name = rdesktop | logo = | screenshot = Rdesktop-ON WIN 95.jpg | screenshot size = 200px | caption = rdesktop connected to a [Windows NT 4.0](/source/Windows_NT_4.0) Terminal Server Edition host | developer = rdesktop team | released = {{Start date and age|2001|04|04}} | latest release version = 1.9.0 | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2019|10|11}} | operating system = [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like)
[Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)[http://40in.2g0.ru/rdesktop_win32/ windows build] (unofficial) | genre = Microsoft [Remote Desktop Services](/source/Remote_Desktop_Services) client | license = [GPL-3.0-or-later](/source/GNU_General_Public_License) | discontinued = yes }} '''rdesktop''' is an implementation of a client software for Microsoft's [proprietary](/source/proprietary_protocol) [Remote Desktop Protocol](/source/Remote_Desktop_Protocol) (RDP). rdesktop is [free and open-source software](/source/free_and_open-source_software), subject to the requirements of the [GNU General Public License](/source/GNU_General_Public_License) (GPL-3.0-or-later), and is available for [Linux](/source/Linux) and [BSD](/source/Berkeley_Software_Distribution) as well as for [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows). As of August 2013, rdesktop implements a large subset of the RDP 5 protocol. Unlike [Remote Desktop Connection](/source/Remote_Desktop_Connection) in modern versions of Windows, rdesktop still supports the older RDP 4.0 protocol used by Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and Windows 2000 Server. == Feature set == 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](/source/RemoteApp) like support called "seamless" mode via Seamless RDP * [Network Level Authentication](/source/Network_Level_Authentication) Still unimplemented are: * Client redirection upon reconnect (of disconnected session)http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5398718 {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}} * [Remote Assistance](/source/Remote_Assistance) requests * USB device redirection Support for the additional features available in RDP 5.1 and RDP 6 (including [multi-head display](/source/multi-monitor) spanning, [window composition](/source/compositing_window_manager) and console connection) have not yet been implemented, although some, such as RDP 6 Bulk Compression,{{cite web |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-rdpegdi/1bfeaea6-bba7-4d09-893b-b47f127c94d5 |title=3.1.8.1 RDP 6.0 |work=[MS-RDPEGDI]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Acceleration Extensions |publisher=Microsoft}} RDP 6 Bitmap Compression,{{cite web |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-rdpegdi/0d2e1a03-e123-46b2-b2b8-ed730a794ae4?redirectedfrom=MSDN |title=3.1.9 RDP 6.0 Bitmap Compression |work=[MS-RDPEGDI]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Acceleration Extensions |publisher=Microsoft}} and the RDP 6.0 GDI Acceleration Extension{{cite web |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-rdpegdi/2baf6635-46d6-4f32-9824-00c41d9b5c81?redirectedfrom=MSDN |title=1.3.2.1 RDP 6.0 |work=[MS-RDPEGDI]: Remote Desktop Protocol: Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Acceleration Extensions |publisher=Microsoft}} have been officially documented on [Microsoft Learn](/source/Microsoft_Learn). ==Use== Rdesktop is commonly used on desktop [ReactOS](/source/ReactOS) and Linux installations to connect to [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) running [Remote Desktop Services](/source/Remote_Desktop_Services). There are many GUI clients, like [tsclient](/source/tsclient), Gnome-RDP and [KDE Remote Desktop Connection (KRDC)](/source/Krdc), which are graphical front-ends to rdesktop. The program has also been integrated into several [thin client](/source/thin_client) Linux distributions like Thinkstation and the PC TSC project, as well as some thin client appliances.[https://bestbuyrdp.com/usa-admin-rdp/ USA Admin RDP] ==See also== {{Portal|Free and open-source software}} * [xrdp](/source/xrdp) – an implementation of a server software for RDP * [Comparison of remote desktop software](/source/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.freerdp.com FreeRDP] – a fork of rdesktop that is further developed under the [Apache License](/source/Apache_License) *[http://www.kde.org/applications/internet/krdc/ KRDC] - KDE Remote Desktop Connection *[https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnome-rdp/ Gnome-RDP] - GNOME front-end for rdesktop *[http://xrdp.sourceforge.net xrdp] - RDP server for Unix, based on rdesktop *[https://cord.sourceforge.net/ CoRD] - A native Cocoa interface for the OS X port of rdesktop. *[https://properjavardp.sourceforge.net/ properJavaRDP] - rdesktop-based Free Java Remote Desktop Connection Client *[http://www.soren.schimkat.dk/Blog/?p=69 Rdesktop-Win32] - Win32 build of rdesktop Category:Free network-related software Category:Free software programmed in C Category:Thin clients Category:Remote desktop software for Linux Category:Software using the GNU General Public License --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rdesktop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop?action=history)). 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