Posted by admin on 15th May 2008
What is rdesktop?
rdesktop is an open source client for Windows Terminal Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user’s Windows desktop. Supported servers include Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows NT Server 4.0.
Key changes:
- Fix for potential vulnerability against compromised/malicious
- servers (reported by iDefense)
- Fix for crash with recent versions of X.Org
- Fix for connection to Windows 2008 Server
- ALSA driver added
- Sound drivers can now be selected at runtime
- Smartcard support (Alexi Volkov <alexi@my…>)
- Send physical mouse buttons rather than logical ones
Where I can get rdesktop?
rdesktop available here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/rdesktop/rdesktop-1.6.0.tar.gz?download
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Posted by admin on 15th May 2008
Mark Shuttleworth, head of Canonical and founder of the Ubuntu project, has called on other Linux developers to synchronize releases of new versions of their distros.
He also pledged to deliver the next Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu, version 10.4, in April 2010 - unless, of course, Red Hat, Novell and Debian decide to co-operate on a synchronized release at a different time.
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Posted by admin on 13th May 2008
Ubuntu is a great server and desktop distribution for the GNU/Linux® operating system, but did you know that it’s also ideal for handheld and mobile embedded devices? Ubuntu’s latest release, Gutsy Gibbon, now includes support for the embedded and mobile spaces with the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded (UME) project. Get to know the UME project, and find out how to get started.
In this tutorial
Introduction to the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded (UME) project, its architecture, and its use
How to install and test the Hildon desktop
How to build a development environment for a mobile device
Other mobile platforms
Please read tutorial on the developerWorks site.
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Posted by admin on 13th May 2008
Yesterday Mark Shuttleworth wrote about next Ubuntu LTS release. The next LTS release of Ubuntu will be 10.04 LTS, in April 2010. Please read more information in the Mark’s blog.
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