rdesktop
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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.
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Developer(s) | rdesktop team |
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Initial release | April 4, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-04-04) |
Stable release | 1.9.0
/ October 11, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-11) |
Repository | |
Operating system | Unix-like Microsoft Windows[1] (unofficial) |
Type | Microsoft Remote Desktop Services client |
License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
Website | www.rdesktop.org |
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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.