FreeRDP 3.0 Adding Relative Mouse Movement & Other Improvements

FreeRDP 3.0-rc0 was released this morning as the latest stepping stone toward FreeRDP 3.0 for this open-source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

FreeRDP is a great Apache-licensed RDP implementation for remote desktop support with Microsoft Windows systems and more. With FreeRDP 3.0 there's new features on the way like relative mouse movement support that is important for gaming. There's also other API additions and changes.

FreeRDP 3.0-rc0 is presenting relative mouse movement support, server-side MS-RDPEL channel support, clipboard handling improvements, fixing FFmpeg/AAC encoding, support for remote credential guard, improved RPC gateway support, Opus audio support for gnome-remote-desktop, server-side handling of the mouse cursor channel, and various other changes and fixes.

Earlier in the FreeRDP 3.0 cycle there's been additional features like AAD/AVD authentication, WebSocket Transport support, SmartCard authentication for TLS and NLA, full OpenSSL 3.x support, and other features. Overall FreeRDP 3.0 is shaping up to be a very big release that will likely debut as stable in the months ahead.

Downloads and more details on the FreeRDP 3.0-rc0 changes can be found via the project's GitHub.