[KLUG Members] rdesktop

members@kalamazoolinux.org members@kalamazoolinux.org
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 08:41:14 -0500


>>rdesktop is 'the bomb'.  I've used it for around year. It's much faster,
>>better, and stable than VNC.
>Of course.  VNC is a remote frame buffer (RFB) approach that sends
>pixels, akin to pcAnywhere and similar programs.  Rdesktop is a remote
>display/widget architecture, that sends only widget metadata, similar to
>X-Windows.

I haven't had the opportunity to use rdesktop,  does it support "integrated
desktop" or is it in-a-window?  

If rdesktop is a widget architecture it would be interesting for someone to
write an XFree86 module for it.

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