If your primary use case is Linux, xpra is very good. Unlike RDP, xpra defaults to passing over individual windows — it acts as windows manager for it's own Xo

If your primary use case is Linux, xpra is very good. Unlike RDP, xpra defaults to passing over individual windows — it acts as windows manager for it's own Xorg process on server. This can completely side-step the hassle of wrapping and interacting with existing desktop environment, it's login screens etc. Xpra uses unmodified Xorg server from your distribution with xf86-video-dummy driver to achieve this. Mirroring existing Xorg session is also supported (but slower).