Better alternative to RDP?
Hi,
Is there a stable solution to access a remote server running a GUI?
I've tried RDP but the performance is awful.
I'm running a remote terminal server with Ubuntu + GUI and I'd like to a access it from my mac.
Home internet: 300Mbit/s down, 20Mbit/s up
The latency to my server is around 15-20ms.
Thanks!
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If you're just using Linux, a remote console is usually all you need unless you're needing a GUI for everything. I usually tunnel Xvnc through ssh when I need it. So far that has been twice in 14 or so years.
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Sorry, I forgot to mention, I'm running Windows Server as well.
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Nothing's usually going to be faster than native RDP. Try using xfreerdp to connect and make sure you have your server settings to disable the pictures in the background, animations, etc.
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mhh, RDP doesn't even work properly when I try to connect from my Mac to my PC.
Both are connected via Gbit directly to the switch.
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Well then the problem isn't network related.
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I tried connecting via SPICE to the ubuntu VM, the performance is pretty good, but unfortunately the macOS client doesn't work.
So I could only use it with windows
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I really like Apache Guacamole, which is browser (HTML5)-based instead of needing a client installed. I have a couple local Windows VMs that I use as remote desktop and other stuff. Guac still uses RDP to access the Windows boxes, but acts as the middleman. I run the Guacamole web interface on a home web server, which allows me to access the Windows VMs through the browser from anywhere externally without exposing RDP itself on the windows machines. Guac has a a slew of options for authentication (LDAP, user/pass, radius, duo 2fa, etc.).
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On a recent LinusTechTips video they had a very very similar scenario (good/high speed internet + low latency to their machines), and came around to using https://parsecgaming.com/
haven't used it myself yet, but it looks really smooth on his editing / gaming demos.
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Oh awesome suggestion, thanks!
Unfortunately their clients fails to open under linux and macos.
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NoMachine is great. From my experience, it's often faster than RDP - at least when you've got enough bandwidth and low latency.
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And of course, you can use a third party solution. Teamviewer is an expensive crap these days, I would recommend anydesk with e whitelisting devices for more security.
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Seems interesting.
Thanks for sharing!
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I think what would help 10x is if you expand on that a lot, what exactly is performing badly and what are the specs of the windows server.
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10/10 would replace RDP with this.
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