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xrdp is so much more comfortable to use than X forwarding. A PITA to set up though. VNC is a sensible choice too.
by jacob019 4y ago
xrdp is so much more comfortable to use than X forwarding. A PITA to set up though. VNC is a sensible choice too.
- jeroenhd 4y agoI'm so glad modern GNOME has xrdp support built in. It's just a toggle in the settings. My previous attempts to make it work have ruined the standard configuration so I'll probably need to do some serious purging/reinstalling to get it to work, but for new installs I'm sure remoting into GNOME must be a LOT easier.
- aidenn0 4y agoIs it more of a pain to setup then just running freerdp-shadow-cli?
- jacob019 4y agoI use xrdp for headless remote sessions, and vnc for remote access to live sessions. I'll give freerdp-shadow-cli a try, thanks!
- jacob019 4y agoTried freerdp-shadow-cli, didn't work very well. Vinagre RDP client was unable to authenticate at all and just showed a black screen. I only knew that it was an authentication issue due to the server log. FreeRDP client didn't work with my multimonitor setup, it only showed the secondary screen. It doesn't scale the display properly either. The client must be set to the same resolution as the host. I'll be sticking with VNC for screen sharing, and continue using RDP for headless sessions.
- fsckboy 4y agocan xrdp or vnc display individual remote windows on my local desktop side by side with local windows? I don't want to import an entire remote desktop. That's what I've always used X for, with seamless mouse X select and middle button paste. > more comfortable to use than X forwarding. A PITA to set up though. X port forwarding is painless, not sure what aspect you're referring to?
- jacob019 4y agoYes, it is possible to display individual windows with rdp. X forwarding works ok with a fast LAN, it's very slow to draw over a slower link. SSH compression can help a little. If it works well for you then that's awesome, keep using it.