Linux Remote Desktop Server: Multi-User & Multi-session

Bye-bye Windows Server? Xrdp is a complete open source remote desktop protocol server solution that you can easily deploy to Linux servers running Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Arch, and in this video Fedora Workstation! The super easy demo shows resource usage, screen sharing, multi-user rdp sessions with great performance and minimal overhead even on modest hardware.

What are your thoughts? Please share!

[MC-hammered]

I like this better than the built in 'Sharing' in fedora. Thanks for the video.

[bettdiaz]

Hello! Great video. I also use xrdp and it is great with Guacamole, as it can be used from a browser with a great compatibility. Greetings from Argentina!

[saycheeseordie]

I've used xrdp for quite a while and the worst thing that I can say about it is: it's just so good to be true. It's fully rdp-complient, meaning that you CAN connect from windows\android Microsoft RDP client and use all deatures including shared USB, folders and clipboard, and in most cases the only configuration that is required is for you to start xrdp service and open the port.
XRDP + Remmina - and to be honest, I cannot ask for better solution for remote desktop.

[topherfungus]

Hi Stephen, thanks for another great video. I'm sure you know that xrdp has been around for a while. I rely on it quite a bit in my home network, mainly because the performance of VNC is terrible, and because it requires almost no configuration.

I use Remmina, another amazing free and open source project, as the client. It supports VNC as well, so I can connect to any Linux, Windows, or Mac host in my network without any problems... and the performance is excellent.

I hope maybe you'll take a look at Remmina in a future video.

[othernicksweretaken]

Thank you for introducing this versatile FLOSS terminal server for Linux.
It is such a shame that its RPMs aren't contained in the official RHEL package repos.
Thus I cannot install it on a host in our environment at my workplace as it won't be able to be patched and updated by our MSS automation.

[peppe]

Cool video, thanks Stephen! Would be interesting to see if you can copy files back and forth between Windows and Linux. That would be a use case for me, when logging in from work on Windows into home on Linux. Learned a lot again :-)

[cchanote]

Thank you for the video, I am trying XRDP under Debian 12, I am trying to switch from Remote session to local terminal without logging out (disconnected on remote session before trying to login in the local terminal, but I am getting black screen. Any suggestion would be helpful.

[testman]

would be nice to be able to connect to an existing open session on the local machine from remote (assistance kind of scenario)

[thewhiterussian]

Hey Stephen

great video.
One suggestion would be to post the commands you use in the comments.

You have to split any HTTPS command by putting a space in between ht and tps "HT TPS" because YT truncates any link that starts with https://...

Look forward to checking out your channel

[igor_v._kuznetsov]

Thank you for cool video. Also for remote existing solutiond like x2go (very stable and secure) and xpra.

[eugrus]

A typical problem with xrdp used to be that either (with port 5910) it would create a new session for the same user when reconnecting after a lost connection (instead of connecting the user to his already existing original session) or connect each user to the same session (not his own) when using the port -1. How did you manage to make xrdp's session control work normally?

[wwesalex]

is it possible to do in Ubuntu, one Software install as two Diffrent.
Like in Androin lot of apps is there to use one app like dual app, clone or Dual Space, Parallal Space.
is it possible to do same thing in Ubuntu.

[cernejr]

I am having trouble when logged into my laptop and trying to connect as the same user using xrdp. It is a common problem, I found a solution several times in the past, but now I am unable to find the solution online. Any idea?

[garrysingh]

Great Video : But
- Every time i login into Xrdp, It ask for password way too many times !! I gets really annoying
I hope you cover these problems and possible solutions soon in your coming videos

[DarkoLuketic]

That's all nice and well in a VM, but on a real machine, possibly with exotic hardware, like the aspeed gpu, it's a pain in the ass.
Because xrdp uses xvnc that needs an xorg server running. Headaches

[mrmotofy]

As a reminder from Windows Remote is disabled in the Home versions(likely most users), it requires Pro or higher

[NetBandit]

Remote desktop on Linux is an insecure, pathetic joke compared to what Windows Professional provides. I can't believe that after 20+ years, Linux doesn't have feature parity with Windows
On Windows, you can lock your screen (or leave it unlocked), walk away, and pick up right where you left off via RDP. Your Windows console (physical computer) locks the screen for security and privacy. Linux requires you to leave your screen unlocked, disable screensavers, and can't resize the desktop to match client settings choices like different resolution or multiple monitors. Meanwhile your cubicle neighbor can see everything going on at your system. Nevermind that other quality of life stuff is unavailable or janky, like audio, file transfer, printer redirection, etc.