Title: Port of the week: rdesktop
       Author: Solène
       Date: 20 May 2016
       Tags: portoftheweek
       Description: 
       
       This week we will have a quick look at the tool **rdesktop**. Rdesktop
       is a RDP client (RDP stands for Remote Desktop Protocol) which is used
       to share your desktop with another machine. RDP is a Microsoft thing
       and it's most used on Windows.
       
       I am personally using it because sometimes I need to use Microsoft
       Word/Excel or Windows only software and I have a dedidated virtual
       machine for this. So I use **rdesktop** to connect in fullscreen to
       the virtual machine and I can work on Windows. The RDP protocol is
       very efficient, on LAN network there is no lag. I appreciate much more
       using the VM with RDP than VNC.
       
       You can also have RDP servers within virtual machines. VirtualBox let
       you have (with an additional package to add on the host) RDP server
       for a VM. Maybe VmWare provides RDP servers too. I know that Xen and
       KVM can give access through VNC or Spice but no RDP.
       
       For its usage, if you want to connect to a RDP server whose IP address
       is 192.168.1.100 in fullscreen with max quality, type:
       
           $ rdesktop -f -x 0x80 192.168.1.100
       
       The **`-x 0x80`** bit is needed to set the quality at maximum. If the
       machine needs username and password you can add **`-u my_user -p
       my_plaintext_pass`** to login automatically. I have an alias in my zsh
       shell, I just type "windows" and I get logged in in fullscreen to the
       windows machine.
       
       **To exit fullscreen** type ctrl+alt+return to switch to windowed mode
       and again to go in fullscreen mode. I wasn't able to remember the
       keyboard shortcut the first times and was stuck in Windows ! ;-)
       
       In the OpenBSD ports tree, check **x11/rdesktop**.