[supertron]

Last time I played with RDP on Linux it really just seemed to be a wrapper around {the equivalent of} a VNC connection - so even when it worked, it was nothing like the streaming experience when RDP'ing into a Windows machine. Not sure if things have improved since, or FreeRDP does things differently.

I had a quick glance through the FreeRDP site but didn't spot any immediate clues as to whether this is a true Windows-style optimised/streamed RDP implementation or a "we'll send you a constanst stream of compressed bitmap screenshots" VNC-style...

RDP on Windows is one of the few things I really miss from the Windows ecosystem. There is nothing on Mac or Linux that I've seen to date which comes even close to the near-instantanous experience of using a Windows machine over RDP.

[rcarmo]

You need to set sesman.ini to use Xrdp instead of the Xvnc back-end - that is a packaging issue in some distros. With the right gear you can do 60fps without any issues: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/10/23/1700

[supertron]

Aha. Very good. Not sure how I missed that at the time. I’ll definitely be giving this a shot.

And your excellent blog is already in my RSS reader so I have even less excuse for missing this detail… :)

[Borg3]

Hell yeah. I spent a lot of time on RDP (Working remotly on my work laptop). Its great protocol, and over LAN its very very snappy, you can pretty much stream video via it but it will choke bandwidth like there is no tomorrow ;) (around 80Mbit 640x400@25)

Indeed, comparing it to Xserver, its much better. I use quite a lot Xserver on windows too, to render for example remote Firefox. It works pretty well, but not that good compared to RDP.

[supertron]

About 15 or maybe even 20(?) years ago I could RDP into a Windows server over a crappy mobile phone data connection connected to my laptop on a moving train and get stuff done. It is a phenomenal protocol, when implemented correctly!!