mmu_man has given IsComputerOn access to his latest development, a native working rdesktop for Zeta / BeOS. A similar project, BeRDP, started making a connection dialog that will fit nicely with it. mmu_man's rdesktop is for now started from the Terminal, but will hopefully be launchable soon by BeRDP.

IsComputerOn has tested the rdesktop with Zeta and we were very satified with the speed in rdesktop. We could access all our applications under Windows XP with various color depths and resolutions.

mmu_man has been so kind to post some screenshots on his web site for you. Enjoy! Screenshots of rdesktop:

rdesktop running in Zeta:



rdesktop running in BeOS (font test)
rdesktop running in BeOS (just logged in).

Screenshots of BeRDP:
BeRDP - General
BeRDP - Display

The RDP protocol is similar to the RFB protocol of VNC. except that is uses less bandwidth, by using higher level drawing primitives. That's what makes it faster, but also harder to implement.