On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 19:39 -0400, Worrier Poet wrote: > On 08/13/2012 04:19 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 08:23 -0400, Worrier Poet wrote: > >> On 08/13/2012 04:19 AM, lina wrote: > >> <snip>>> > >>>> "tsclient has been unmaintained upstream for a long time. > >>>> We have kept it because we lacked a client for RDP, but > >>>> now that grdc is in the archive, which is maintained and > >>>> much better than tsclient, it can be removed." > >>> > >>> Thank you. I failed to find this bug report. > >>> > >>> Now I switched to the remina, it's quite good. > >>>> > >>>> Mentioned as another alternative later in that bug report is remmina. > >>>> (grdc is now a dummy package in squeeze that depends on remmina) > >>>> > >>> > >>> Thanks with best regards, > >>> > >>> > >> > >> I have used remmina for some time on Wheezy / Xfce but have periodically > >> run into client session crashes when using it for admin chores on > >> Windows domains. The application also has some minor general interface > >> usability issues under Xfce (4.8) when using all but 3 or 4 of the > >> available appearance themes, but I suspect those glitches may not occur > >> under Gnome. > >> > >> If you should run into these or other problems with remmina, you might > >> consider using rdesktop from the repositories. This is a much simpler > >> remote desktop client used from within a terminal emulator and is rock > >> solid. It may have issues with upstream maintenance. I remember that > >> some time ago it was temporarily removed from the testing repositories. > >> Not quite sure of its status in re to that now, but it is back in the > >> repositories. > >> > >> Just thought you should know of the alternative if you have problems > >> with remmina. > >> > >> Good fortune to you! > >> the worrier > >> > >> > > Is rdesktop still using RDP5? We had previously gone to xfreerdp as it > > supported RDP6 and the performance difference on a WAN/Internet > > connection was stunningly better. We had heard Remmina was using > > xfreerdp but, when we tried it, it was not only highly unstable but the > > performance was clearly that of RDP5. That was many months ago and I do > > not know what has changed since - John > > > > > > I'm afraid rdesktop is still stuck at RDP5, and I'm not sure it will > ever go beyond that. It might require an extensive re-write to > accomplish later RDP version support. It has had a spotty support > history for some time -- if I understand correctly. > > However, rdesktop is so much superior in reliability and performance to > remmina that I use it most of the time in preference over the more > advanced package. My understanding is that, when advancements in freerdp > include the varied features of RDP 6 and 7, remmina will also have those > features. However, remmina will have to stop losing its client sessions > at inopportune times before I will use it on a regular basis. > Agreed, that's why we use xfreerdp instead of rdesktop. I thought Remmina also used xfreerdp but I may be mistaken - John
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