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by Octabrain 999 days ago
I've never used xrdp but I've used Remmina (snap and also flatpak) without an issue. In fact and as a confession, it's what I use when working from home to connect to my work laptop and be able to work from my Linux desktop.
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metadat 999 days ago
https://remmina.org/

The promise behind this sounds like the holy grail of Remote Access.

Is it Linux-only for the clients? Or can you use Mac and/or Windows to reach a Remmina server?

Edit: looks like it is RDP protocol compatible? If so, WOW, that's cool!

From https://remmina.org/authors/:

> I've been using Remmina now for several years. I love how it's integrated into Ubuntu by default and how I can access the multiple platforms I have to support in one application. I mostly use RDP and VNC (Ultra VNC).

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crtasm 999 days ago
Remmina is great but it's a client only, no server.

I use it for both RDP and VNC to my Windows desktop. The flatpak currently has a bug with audio over RDP so I've gone back to the version in my distro's packages.

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metadat 999 days ago
Thanks for the clarification!
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jeroenhd 999 days ago
Remmina is a client only, and when it works, it works great. Supports all the basic protocols and has a bunch of plugins (including Teamviewer!) for protocols that don't come with the program.

It used to have some weird bugs on Ubuntu though, making it crash after clicking the wrong buttons for some reason. That seems to have been corrected and now it just works. Make sure to use an up to date version, especially if you're on an older LTS machine.

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brunoqc 999 days ago
remmina is awesome. it even supports spice
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davkan 999 days ago
I work out of a reminna session every day. I rdp into my windows work laptop from my linux desktop and use it all day. Works great. Audio and video passthrough working well enough that i can use my speakers and boom mic for meetings without getting echo.

I have i3wm configured to always launch my work rdp session in virtual desktop 10. Switching between work and personal desktops is instantaneous. 10x more convenient than the kvm and thunderbolt dock setups I’ve used before.

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