RE: Possibility of RDP server for Linux?

["Darran D. Rimron-Molloy" <ddrm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unless I am reading this site *VERY* wrong, and I did only scan read it.
This is quite definitly not the same thing.... not a single mention of
pre-existing windows clients & RDP, is there?

	-Darran

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ashit Kumar [mailto:Ashit_Kumar@GTSI.com]
> Sent: 14 January 2002 19:37
> To: 'Darran D. Rimron-Molloy'; Michael Ossmann
> Cc: Sean McKeon; rdesktop@rdesktop.org
> Subject: RE: Possibility of RDP server for Linux?
>
>
> Is this what I think you are looking at ?
> http://www.ltsp.org/index.php
>
> Ash
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darran D. Rimron-Molloy [mailto:ddrm@digital-science.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 1:51 PM
> To: Michael Ossmann
> Cc: Sean McKeon; rdesktop@rdesktop.org
> Subject: RE: Possibility of RDP server for Linux?
>
>
> >> I'm sure someones already done it, some random small UK based
> >> consultancy company, using RDP4 - and are currently investigating
> >> RDP5.1 options. I am not at liberty to disclose too WHO that
> >> could be or much of the details.... because it's probably still
> >> not officially announced. *smile*
> > Can you disclose whether or not the source will be released?  If not, I
> > think that starting an open project would be very much worthwhile.
>
> Definitly not the RDP5.1 aspects. The RDP5.1 implimentation that
> this server
> is most likely to contain will be derived from Microsofts published
> protocol, which is very much closed source.
>
> As for the RDP4 aspects, by the time the whole project is published, I
> suspect it may be so interwoven with the 5.1 stuff it may be
> unseperable, we
> will have to see.... I would love to open aspects of it, for sure.
>
> > In answer to the original post, I am also unaware of any reason that a
> > Linux RDP server would be impossible.  I would also like to voice
> > support for the project and would be willing to contribute if the source
> > is open.
>
> The idea of an RDP/ICA server for Linux has MANY advantages over X :)
>
> 	-Darran
>
>