tsclient vs. rdesktop
If you use tsclient under Linux to connect to a remote Windows desktop via RDP5, then you may want to check out using rdesktop instead. From my (admittedly brief) experience with rdesktop, the speeds are much greater, and I’m not entirely sure why. I don’t know if rdesktop has more options that allow for fine tuning the connection or if tsclient (being a GUI) is slower than the command-line rdesktop due to the extra overhead of the GUI rendering. I’m not sure.
If you’re looking to use rdesktop instead of tsclient, you can read through the well-written man page for figuring out your command line. To help you out, here is the command line that I use to connect to my remote Windows 7 desktop:
/usr/bin/rdesktop -u[USERNAME_REDACTED] -z -xb -P -g1280x960 REMOTE_HOSTNAME_HERE
Hope this helps!
