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Have you managed to find out more?

If there is not a free (or relative cheap) client available, then I
think it is a good idea to get one from the thin clients or crack the
Java code and distribute it for free.

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> I am confused. To my knowledge (until recently anyway), an RDP (as in
> Microsoft Terminal Services RDP thin protocol) client for Linux doesn't
> exist in any form. I just set up some MaxTerm Universal Terminals (thin
> client devices made by MaxSpeed) which are Linux based. They not only
> include xRDP (a linux based RDP client), but they also apparently have a
> Windows 2000 CAL internalized in them, or at least the server thinks they
> do. Admittedly, they didn't work with 2000 out of the box, it took a 15MB
> flash before they would function with RDP. Since the flash, they work great.
> I am curious if anyone knows of a freely distributed RDP client for Linux,
> or how to strip it from the MaxTerm? I will gladly provide any information
> that I can. Thanks all.

> ER

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Back in 1998, a german based company by the name of IGEL, posted on Slashdot
(http://slashdot.org/articles/98/10/29/1650249.shtml ), an offer that stated
that any individual who creates an X based RDP emulator, will get a reward
of 30,000 Deutsch Marks.  They also apparently blotched on the part of the
artical that says it will be released as GPL software, which I concluded
after reading this thread and the linux journal review:

http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue73/3463.html

So there is an xRDP product out.   There is also a product called rdesktop,
http://www.rdesktop.org, but it looks to me like it is still in its infancy.

Anyways - that's all I can offer from now - please let me know if there has
been anything new since this thread.

Quote:> I am also looking for a Linux or Jave RDP client. Many thin clients are
> Linux based and do use a client like this. However, I cannot find a
> Linux client to Purchase. Hobsoft sells a Java client, but it is too
> expensive though.
> Have you managed to find out more?
> If there is not a free (or relative cheap) client available, then I
> think it is a good idea to get one from the thin clients or crack the
> Java code and distribute it for free.