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by magicalhippo 1560 days ago
As far as I'm aware there are no good RDP servers on Linux.

By good I mean one that would give an experience at least somewhat close to RDP on Windows. All the ones I've tried have been orders of magnitude away.

A good one should also allow for a key RDP feature which is to seamlessly transition between physical and remote desktop sessions. Meaning, I log in to my desktop at home, I leave and log in via RDP and get the same desktop session, which I can again resume when I get back home.

This is either not possible or doesn't work well last time I tested xrdp and friends.

Of course, if things has changed in the last year or so, I'd be delighted to hear about it. A good RDP server for Linux is what's keeping me from transitioning away from Windows on my main machine.
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axiolite 1559 days ago
> Meaning, I log in to my desktop at home, I leave and log in via RDP and get the same desktop session, which I can again resume when I get back home. This is either not possible or doesn't work well last time I tested xrdp and friends.

This works with x2go.

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magicalhippo 1559 days ago
> This works with x2go.

Ah, I don't think I even got that far with x2go. Dismissed it due to performance.

But good to know!

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axiolite 1558 days ago
Strange because x2go performs better than anything else. Though you have to set the "Connection" settings correctly for your use. Setting for too low a bandwidth is just as bad as too high. "WAN" with "256-jpeg" works pretty well for me.
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magicalhippo 1558 days ago
> Strange because x2go performs better than anything else

If you mean better than anything else available on Linux, you're probably right.

The problem is that it's still an order or magnitude behind Windows-to-Windows RDP, which is my benchmark.

But thanks for reminding me, I'll give it another whirl.

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