RE: Possibility of RDP server for Linux?

[Todd Meade <Todd.Meade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't VNC already fill this gap?  Why a RDP specific protocol server for
Linux?  Are the RDP clients that much better than a RFB/VNC client, where a
completely open source RFP alternative already exists; with a full range of
clients (including browser/java) for just about any platform one would be
using?

Yes, a VNC server on Windows is very slow compared to an RDP server on
Windows, but that is because because of the closed source nature of Windows.
However, connecting to a Linux/UNIX VNC server from a vnclient is comparable
to connecting a RDP server on Windows in my experience.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Byström [mailto:peter.bystrom@ub.oru.se]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:44 PM
> To: rdesktop@rdesktop.org
> Subject: Re: Possibility of RDP server for Linux?
> 
> 
> the patches at bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop contains some 
> server code, it
> hasn't been tested in a while... :\ you need to fiddle with 
> the makefile to
> compile it. :\ it only works for rdesktop clients.....
> 
> it definitely need some work.
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> peter
> 
> 
> 
> G Hasse wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Bernd Christiansen wrote:
> >
> > Johannes E. Schindelin have made a library to make programs that
> > can talk to vncviewers. This library must be a good 
> startingpoint... Or?
> >
> > GH
> >
> > ---snip---
> >
> > > Somebody on this list did a VNC to RDP proxy.  Who?  I 
> remember that person
> > > stating that his or her server would work fine with 
> rdesktop, but not
> > > WinTerms.  His or her work might be a good starting 
> point.  Also, the VNC
> >
> > LibVNCServer: a library for easy implementation of a RDP/VNC server.
> > Copyright (C) 2001 Johannes E. Schindelin
> >
> > What is it?
> > -----------
> >
> > VNC is a set of programs using the RFB (Remote Frame 
> Buffer) protocol.
> > They
> > are designed to "export" a frame buffer via net (if you 
> don't know VNC, I
> > suggest you read "Basics" below). It is already in wide use for
> > administration, but it is not that easy to program a server 
> yourself.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > At the same time, the program "rdesktop" (a native Linux 
> client for the
> > Terminal Services of Windows servers) came to my attention. 
> There where
> > even works under way to make a protocol converter "rdp2vnc" 
> out of this.
> > However, my primary goal was a slow connection and rdp2vnc 
> could only
> > speak RRE encoding, which is not that funny with just 
> 5kB/s. Tim Edmonds,
> > the original author of rdp2vnc, suggested that I adapt it to Hextile
> > Encoding, which is better. I first tried that, but had no 
> success at all
> > (crunchy pictures).
> >
> > Contact
> > -------
> > To contact me, mail me: Johannes dot Schindelin at gmx dot de
> >
> > --- snipp ---
> >
> > But to my oppinion X Window is a better consept in the long
> > run. Together with ssh -X it is very strong.
> >
> > GH
> >
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