Real RDP alternatives?

[t-ray]

I've been tinkering with all kinds of remoting options to remote to my Mint14/Cinnamon desktop. That machine is running 2x1080p displays. My client is a Win7 laptop with a 1600x900 display.

Using xrdp or vino, I can get into my main user session and see everything, but once logged in, I have to manually disable my second monitor and re-adjust the screen resolution.

Using x11vnc, I too either log into my main user session or a new session, but I have to set the client geometry before I log in.

So is there any kind of remoting protocol and set of apps that really functions like the Windows Remote Desktop? The best feature of the Windows app is that when logging in, it will correctly resize everything.

 

[smakme7757]

http://remmina.sourceforge.net/

That's what i use. I've never had reason to look for another one. You should give it a go. Might work

 

[theevilsharpie]

http://remmina.sourceforge.net/

That's what i use. I've never had reason to look for another one. You should give it a go. Might work

That's an RDP client. The OP is looking for an RDP (or RDP-like) server.

 

[theevilsharpie]

Using x11vnc, I too either log into my main user session or a new session, but I have to set the client geometry before I log in.

You have to set the client geometry before logging in with RDP as well. I haven't used X11vnc, but I'm not sure how it's different in that regard

 

[MrColin]

I like use Xming on windows to get specific app windows via x11 over ssh, instead of the whole desktop.
Works great.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/

Setup is less than straightforward but there are guides out there.

 

[t-ray]

I like use Xming on windows to get specific app windows via x11 over ssh, instead of the whole desktop.
Works great.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/

Setup is less than straightforward but there are guides out there.

I've considered that as well. On the one hand it would leverage the horsepower of my main rig. On the other I can't just pick up my laptop and resume what I was working on from my desktop.

This is one of the areas where linux's lack of polish really hurts it IMO. Don't get me wrong - I've gone full linux. I can use VirtualBox+Windows to supplement most of the stuff I need, but I wish remoting was friendlier.

 

[Netopia]

I've played with VNC, NX, RDP... and have found TeamViewer to be the most friendly and easiest to setup and use. And it supports multiple remote monitors from a single monitor local machine. Allows you to have multiple windows open on your local machine... one for each remote monitor.

Also does scaling nicely, so you can see your entire remote desktop even though your local monitor is only 1600x900. Scaling can also be disabled if you want everything at full size.

Additionally, you have a single place where you can remote any/all machines that you use. It even shows availability (online/offline).

 

[t-ray]

I just might have to take a look at TeamViewer. It's free for personal use, correct?

 

[lxskllr]

I just might have to take a look at TeamViewer. It's free for personal use, correct?

Correct. I use it to admin my mother's computer.Both machines are GNU/Linux. It's not a native application. It uses a Wine wrapper, but it works pretty well.

 

[hasu]

Many years ago when I just started using Linux Mint, I had installed FreeNX server on Mint. Don't remember if Remote Desktop worked on my Windows XP or I had to install a FreeNX viewer. After switching to Linux Mint as my primary OS, I started using rdesktop to connect to my Windows-7 machine. rdesktop seems to be slower than the native Windows Remote Desktop but still very usable.