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The exozyme project provides a remote desktop service on port 3388. While you can use the [exodesk](https://desk.exozy.me) web client to connect to your remote desktop as described in the [quickstart guide](https://exozy.me/quickstart/), it has some limitations such as some keyboard shortcuts not being properly redirected to the remote desktop.
Fortunately, you can use any other RDP (remote desktop protocol) clients to access your exozyme desktop. These clients may provide better performance but do require downloading apps.
### FreeRDP
FreeRDP is a free and open source RDP client (hence the name). It usually provides the best experience and performance, and we highly recommend it if you use Windows or Linux and are comfortable with the command line. Linux users should install it from their distro's package manager (for instance `sudo apt install freerdp` for Ubuntu or Debian based distros). FreeRDP provides [downloads](https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/PreBuilds) for Windows. If you want to try FreeRDP on macOS, it can be installed using Homebrew or MacPorts.
Once you have it installed, run FreeRDP from a terminal with `xfreerdp -v exozy.me:3388 --dynamic-resolution --sound --mic --rfx`. These flags respectively specify exozyme's URL, resizing the deskop upon a window resize, enabling sound and microphone integration, and using RemoteFX to boost performance. You can also add `-u guest -p password` to the command to specify your exozyme username and password so you don't need to type it into the login window.
### Microsoft clients
Microsoft has produced a number of proprietary RDP clients for various platforms including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Windows also has a built-in client called Remote Desktop Connection. Mac users can use the <a href="https://install.appcenter.ms/orgs/rdmacios-k2vy/apps/microsoft-remote-desktop-for-mac/distribution_groups/all-users-of-microsoft-remote-desktop-for-mac">Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta client</a>. Check <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/remote-desktop-clients">this list</a> for clients for all platforms.
These clients usually have worse performance and more bugs in the desktop session compared to FreeRDP.