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by jasonjayr 2201 days ago
Xrdp also used to be difficult to setup on Linux, but (ironically) systemd + modern session management has made RDP on linux behave pretty well.

Also, if you look carefully at the default config mechanism, Xrdp does RDP to VNC translation internally, and runs Xvnc for each login.
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microcolonel 2201 days ago
> ...ironically...

Why is it ironic? I've been using systemd since before it was part of any distribution; it has been extremely convenient and helpful from the very start, and every year it gets even better (as new components mature enough to enable, e.g. systemd-timesyncd).

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jasonjayr 2201 days ago
Ironically because the opinionated consistency Systemd's session + login management brought made Xrdp saner to operate, while changing traditional things like persistent process after log off (by default), and device-console/session attachment.
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