Linux that is just a RDP client

Question

Is there any RDP clients i can boot from a pendrive, what I means is have Linux that boots up and is only a RDPclient nothing else, like no desktop etc.

Solution 1

What you are looking for is a Thin Client, that is what I've seen them refered to across multiple projects and people like HP who sell machines with this.

Any Linux OS that will run / fit on a pen drive will be able to do this. And there are lot of tutorials to do this with your favorite distribution. You can even set it up so that a basic X11 loads with rdesktop already connecting and maximized to the window.

Here is a Linux Pendrive site - Here is a neat project LTSP, it runs a linux over a network machine. And here is a project that seems to do exactly what you want (along with some other remote protocols) Thinstation

Solution 2

Why not use any of the many tiny Linuxes (e.g. Puppy Linux) and just run RDP?

If you prefer to roll your own distro, this tutorial may be helpful.

You may also want to look at the highly-customizable Arch Linux.

Comments

[mrduclaw]

I don't think any exist like that out of the box. Are you against rolling your own?

[Jonathan.]

Thanks, thinstation is exactly what I'm looking for. A little bit of a side note, is there a way to browse the internet on the local machine, so that things like videos are normal quality?

[Ryan Gibbons]

Yes, they have a Firefox 3 package for thinkstation 2.x. It was posted as a news item on May 11,09.

[Franz Wong]

That website just goes to some music thing from Kansas...