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Glad to see I am not the only one. Windows desktop also has a big plus: native RDP is unparalleled compared to VNC or any other Linux remote desktop.

franga2000 6y ago
It's true that VNC is a disaster, but RDP still feels miles behind thrid-party tech like TeamViewer. And doesn't MSFT stil cripple RDP on Home editions?
- tester34 6y ago
  Is it actually miles behind? I've used RDP to work remotely and also to play some games inside Hyper-V VM and I didn't felt big difference between native
  - franga2000 6y ago
    I haven't used it much lately, but a few years back I was working on a Windows Server system (whichever was the version that was basically Windows 8) and remember it being really janky (latency spikes, image artifacts, etc.) over my pathetic DSL Internet connection. Then I noticed some other admin installed TeamViewer on it so I gave it a try and it was way faster and smoother so I switched to it permanently, despite the constant annoyances because we were too cheap to pay for a license. Admittedly, it's been almost a decade since Windows 8 (!?!), so this is a very dated experience.
- Isthatablackgsd 6y ago
  Technically MSFT disabled the RDP server feature in Home edition, meaning you can't use Windows Home as RDP host (I am not sure the proper terminology for this). The software still in there, you only can use RDP client in Win Home, not the server aspect. It is just disabled without official way of enabling it (w/o upgrading to Pro). However there is way to get it enabled in Windows Home, it need rdpwrap by stascrop. Just download the file and run it. It will get the server aspect running. Rdpwrap by stascrop (GitHub) https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap/releases https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap/releases
  - WorldMaker 6y ago
    There is an official way to get RDP connections to Windows Home edition systems, Windows Quick Assist: https://community.windows.com/en-us/stories/windows-quick-assist https://community.windows.com/en-us/stories/windows-quick-as... Obviously it has far more restrictions than enabling RDP on Pro systems, but that's because it's clearly designed with Home users (average consumers) in mind.
e12e 6y ago
Native rdp (server and client) has gotten pretty good in Linux of late, too. And now windows comes with openssh server too, which is a little more sane than opening up access to network managing windows machines directly via WMI...

franga2000 6y ago

It's true that VNC is a disaster, but RDP still feels miles behind thrid-party tech like TeamViewer. And doesn't MSFT stil cripple RDP on Home editions?

tester34 6y ago
Is it actually miles behind? I've used RDP to work remotely and also to play some games inside Hyper-V VM and I didn't felt big difference between native
- franga2000 6y ago
  I haven't used it much lately, but a few years back I was working on a Windows Server system (whichever was the version that was basically Windows 8) and remember it being really janky (latency spikes, image artifacts, etc.) over my pathetic DSL Internet connection. Then I noticed some other admin installed TeamViewer on it so I gave it a try and it was way faster and smoother so I switched to it permanently, despite the constant annoyances because we were too cheap to pay for a license. Admittedly, it's been almost a decade since Windows 8 (!?!), so this is a very dated experience.
Isthatablackgsd 6y ago
Technically MSFT disabled the RDP server feature in Home edition, meaning you can't use Windows Home as RDP host (I am not sure the proper terminology for this). The software still in there, you only can use RDP client in Win Home, not the server aspect. It is just disabled without official way of enabling it (w/o upgrading to Pro). However there is way to get it enabled in Windows Home, it need rdpwrap by stascrop. Just download the file and run it. It will get the server aspect running. Rdpwrap by stascrop (GitHub) https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap/releases https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap/releases
- WorldMaker 6y ago
  There is an official way to get RDP connections to Windows Home edition systems, Windows Quick Assist: https://community.windows.com/en-us/stories/windows-quick-assist https://community.windows.com/en-us/stories/windows-quick-as... Obviously it has far more restrictions than enabling RDP on Pro systems, but that's because it's clearly designed with Home users (average consumers) in mind.

e12e 6y ago

Native rdp (server and client) has gotten pretty good in Linux of late, too. And now windows comes with openssh server too, which is a little more sane than opening up access to network managing windows machines directly via WMI...