Requirements

• python 3.8+
• xfreerdp 2
  • Ubuntu: freerdp2-x11
  • fedora: either of
    • https://git.compilenix.org/CompileNix/dotfiles/-/raw/master/home/bin_dotfiles/build-xfreerdp.sh
    • dnf package xfreerdp or freerdp-2:2.0.0
• rofi
• xargs

Installation

git clone https://git.compilenix.org/CompileNix/xfreerdp-rofi.git
cd xfreerdp-rofi
sudo ln -sfv "$PWD/xfreerdp-rofi.sh" /usr/bin/rdp-rofi
mkdir -pv "$HOME/.config/xfreerdp"
cp -v config.example.json "$HOME/.config/xfreerdp/config.json"
$EDITOR "$HOME/.config/xfreerdp/config.json"

Config Reference

Floatbar

One of:

• always
• fullscreen
• window

ExecutableOverwride (optional)

Use this specific xfreerdp executable instead of xfreerdp.

DefaultWindowSize (optional)

x (optional)

The custom window weight in pixel.

y (optional)

The custom window height in prixel.

DynamicResolution (optional)

Send resolution updates when the window is resized

DisableSound (optional)

set to true if you want to disable sound redirection to your client.

Session

Name

Displayname of the RDP Session.

HostName

The DNS Hostname or host ip address.

Port (optional)

The RDP TCP port of the server.

Domain

The Domain to logon to. If you want to perform a local user logon use "." (without the quotes).

User

The local or domain username.

Password

The base64 encoded password.

Create with: echo "password" | base64

Fullscreen (optional)

Set to true if you want to start the session in fullscreen.

Network (optional)

One of:

• modem
• broadband
• broadband-low
• broadband-high
• wan
• lan
• auto

Compression (optional)

One of:

• 0
• 1
• 2

Which level does what isn't documented by FreeRDP, so im guessing that 2 enables the strongest compression.

Admin (optional)

Request admin (or console) session.