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I've been running KDE Neon on NUC for a while, and Kubuntu before that since KDE 3.5 days. But still it's not ready to become my primary desktop.

The main issue for me is RDP-like (not VNC-like) remote desktop experience. Without that I'm not even gonna try.

I mean the kind where I check my desktop before I leave for work, resume the session remotely from work (when compiling or whatever), and pick up when I get home. With performance which makes one forget it's a remote session, and bidir clipboard sharing.

So until then, Windows on the desktop it is. I can always run Linux on the NUC or in a VM.

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I've been quite happy with NoMachine[0]. It has probably even more options than RDP (file transfer and drive sharing options, various graphics and audio options, etc.) You can even watch videos through it if your connection is decent. You can pick up an existing X session or start a new one.

[0]: https://www.nomachine.com

I just tried, again. Even on LAN (same switch in fact) the performance is worse than what I got when I was RDP'ing to my desktop in Norway from a hotel in Hawaii. And it didn't forward audio at all.

I'll check it out from work tomorrow, but so far it's usable but not exactly great when compared to RDP.

This is another pain point for me.

I have one Windows machine and it doesn't have a monitor attached. All of my access to it is via RDP. It's actually incredible how well it works. Resizing the RDP window works as you'd expect, it automatically adapts when I connect from a HiDPI device vs a non-HiDPI device, it's fairly bandwidth-friendly, sharing local folders with the remote machine is easy and works well, etc.

VNC, even Apple's Screen Sharing implementation of it, is an incredibly poor substitute.

Apple somehow has fast VNC between its computers. Anyone know why it’s so much better?

Disclaimer: I work for Apple, but nothing related to VNC.

Compared to RDP, Apple’s remote screen sharing is a laggy buggy joke. Still works better than the Linux one, though..

xfreerdp Just Works for me.

Though I'll confess that I created the rdp file on a Windows machine, all I do is xfreerdp foo.rdp.

That's from Linux to Windows though, isn't it? I'm talking about from Windows/Linux to Linux.

Most decent applications on Linux are CLI and run in a tty.

So most people do that with ssh+tmux

I do this with x2go.

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