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Idea #25350: rdesktop is only passively maintained & Remmina exceeds Vinagre in options

Written by mpadams the 12 Jul 10 at 07:00. Related project: Vinagre Remote Desktop Viewer. Status: New
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For some time now, development on rdesktop has been stagnant: many patches and ideas are submitted, but changes in the software have been absent for several years now. There is also a conflict between the Debian & Ubuntu releases of rdesktop regarding keyboard handling that was never resolved. FreeRDP redoes the whole keyboard-handling process, and also adds support for protocol content hosted by Windows Vista & newer codebase systems.

As for Vinagre client, it is supplanted in functionality by Remmina: that software is already approved for Ubuntu use, and the 0.8 version released on July 10, 2010 supports FreeRDP, VNC, NX, XDMCP, and SSH; as well as using IPv6 addressing.


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Solution #1: Make Remmina the default remote desktop client
Written by mpadams the 12 Jul 10 at 07:00.
There is already a PPA available with build of Remmina that work in Jaunty, and Remmina + xfreerdp that work in Lucid.

https://launchpad.net/~llyzs/+archive/ppa

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Vahan Harutyunyan (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 29 Jan 11 at 18:56
Remmina is the default remote desktop client in Ubuntu 11.04.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/remmina-to-be-ubuntus-new-remote-desktop-app /

darkhole wrote on the 11 Apr 11 at 13:55
Hey this idea is not implemented, in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal is still Vinagre.

I don't know if this can be done for Natty.

Vahan Harutyunyan (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 2 Jul 11 at 09:13
Changed back from "Implemented" to "New".


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