Talk:Rdesktop

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Remote Assistance requests documentation

The page currently says "Still unimplemented are: Remote Assistance requests (the protocol for which remains undocumented)". Is this really the case? I don't know much about protocols, but it appears that MS may have release documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc240115(PROT.10).aspx 72.130.130.190 (talk) 07:18, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relation to VNC?

How is rdesktop similar/dissimilar to VNC? Bdushaw 20:14, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Essentially no relation 64.139.38.226 (talk) 20:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)JH[reply]

Notability tag

You cannot use the Notability tag without starting a conversation on the talk page. --KJRehberg (talk) 17:59, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References

I'm all for references on Wikipedia, but what on earth should be referenced on this page? All the relevant information appears to be wikilinked, or would be sourced from the rdesktop homepage (which is supplied). Am I missing something? GyroMagician (talk) 15:33, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Usage: Linux vs. Windows

The Comparison of remote desktop software article has check marks in both Linux and Windows columns. This article makes the assertion that rdesktop is used primarily by Linux users to connect to Windows boxes. My question is, can rdesktop be used from a Windows box to connect to a Linux box? Thanks for your time. // Brick Thrower (talk) 06:58, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

rdesktop is just another RDP client. As with the Microsoft Remote Desktop client, it can connect to a Linux host if that host has been set up to serve RDP. This is, however, very rare. VNC and X11 service is much more common on Linux.

You might also want to ask this question at the Reference Desk.

—Nailbiter (talk) 07:23, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is rdesktop port for Windows. It requires libraries like Cygwin or Xming, but it exists and works. Seryo93 (talk) 15:15, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Windows 95" screenshot

The screenshot "Rdesktop-ON_WIN_95.jpg", which is labelled "rdesktop on Windows 95 connected to Windows NT 4.0": This doesn't exactly look like it's on Windows 95. I don't know Windows NT 4.0 from my left elbow, so it could really be showing Windows NT 4.0, or it could be showing Windows 95, but it certainly isn't running on Windows 95. That looks like X11 on top of some Unix-like system.

ChrisMP1 (talk) 02:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]