Rdesktop
| rdesktop | |
|---|---|
rdesktop connected to a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition host | |
| Developer(s) | rdesktop team |
| Initial release | April 4, 2001 |
| Stable release | 1.9.0
/ October 11, 2019 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Unix-like Microsoft Windows (unofficial) |
| Type | Microsoft Remote Desktop Services client |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | www.rdesktop.org |
rdesktop is an implementation of a client software for Microsoft's proprietary Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Rdesktop is free and open-source software, subject to the requirements of the GNU General Public License (GPL-3.0-or-later), and is available for Linux and BSD as well as for Microsoft Windows.
As of August 2013, rdesktop implements a large subset of the RDP 5 protocol. Unlike 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.