FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license. Enjoy the freedom of using your software wherever you want, the way you want it, in a world where interoperability can finally liberate your computing experience.
Project website: http://www.freerdp.com/
Issue tracker: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues
Sources: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/ Downloads: https://pub.freerdp.com/releases/ Wiki: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki API documentation: https://pub.freerdp.com/api/
IRC channel: #freerdp @ irc.freenode.net
Mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
Information regarding the Microsoft Open Specifications can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/
A list of reference documentation is maintained here:
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Reference-Documentation
Instructions on how to get started compiling FreeRDP can be found on the wiki:
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Compilation
Simple version:
# Install Dev Deps
apt-get install build-essential git-core cmake xsltproc libssl-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxdamage-dev libxv-dev libxkbfile-dev libasound2-dev libcups2-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxrandr-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libxi-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev
# Clone Repo
git clone [email protected]:davisb/FreeRDP.git
cd FreeRDP
# Create build directory
mkdir build
cd build
# Build
cmake ../
make
sudo make install