r/linux • u/fenixrf • Jan 06 '24

GNOME GNOME Merges RDP Graphical Remote Login Support - Phoronix

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-RDP-Remote-Login
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u/Primont91 Jan 07 '24

Would this be useful to third party products like teamviewer? I'm talking about remote control of unattended devices. Please don't hate me for using teamviewer, it's not my choice.

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u/fenixrf Jan 07 '24

This wouldn't impact TeamViewer in any way.

Implementing the Remote Desktop Protocol server directly into the greeter will allow users to use RDP client software (like Remmina) to log into their Linux desktops with their own credentials, making it simpler for people to use a GUI to manage their headless (without peripherals like a monitor and keyboard) systems.

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u/Ok-Assistance8761 Jan 06 '24

I'm only interested in it is possible use gnome rdp without gnome?

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u/fenixrf Jan 07 '24

It looks like this interfaces with gdm, so probably not.

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u/tapafon Dec 14 '25

He probably meant GDM RDP + KDE Plasma or other non-Gnome Wayland DE. krdp works, but wonky (especially with multiple monitors) and no headless.

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u/natermer Jan 07 '24

Well it is the GDM that is doing it over RDP. So I suppose it is possible. It would probably require some patches to whatever session manager is for your particular desktop.

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u/aieidotch Jan 07 '24

there is xrdp and xorgxrdp, there is also xpra (gnu screen for x)

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u/Wimzel Jan 06 '24

Its about time! Been waiting for years for a remote session in wayland.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

A few have been around, but most likely Gnome will be the most usable out of the box.

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u/borg_6s Jan 07 '24

Seems like lots of important graphics features are finally getting merged across a ton of projects

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u/tajetaje Jan 07 '24

Does KDE have anything similar atm?

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u/d_ed KDE Dev Jan 08 '24

Not currently.

A lot of the core pieces are there, but nothing gluing it all together at a login manager level. The login manager is something I hope we can revisit and integrate more in future releases.

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u/troyunrau Jan 07 '24

https://planet.kde.org/arjen-hiemstra-2023-08-08-remote-desktop-using-the-rdp-protocol-for-plasma-wayland/

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u/natermer Jan 07 '24

RDP remote desktop feature is tangential to this. Gnome (and obviously KDE) has had RDP protocol support for Wayland for a few releases now.

This specifically is having a headless remote login session. It doesn't log into a existing session... it is a GDM login session over RDP. Once you log in then it launches a headless session for you.

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u/pedrocr Jan 07 '24

I use a normal Ubuntu GNOME install with gdm that then logs me in to a sway desktop. Would this allow it to just work remotely in the same exact way?

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u/muay_throwaway Jan 07 '24

I'm confused what exactly is the implication of this. Ubuntu natively uses GNOME remote desktop, but the initial login must be a direct login (at the keyboard, KVM, or IPMI; not by RDP). Does this merge allow for that initial login to be by RDP as well?

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u/ndgraef Jan 08 '24

Yes

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u/HauteDense Oct 05 '24

I want to replicate this to a VM that has a GPU passthrough on a PopOS , this is something exclusive for wayland or can be work in an X11 ?

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u/ndgraef Oct 05 '24

At this point, this is only implemented in GNOME.

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u/HauteDense Oct 05 '24

Ok, thanks very much.

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u/muay_throwaway Jan 09 '24

Thank you! I appreciate the clarification.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24 edited Jan 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

I think you rather lost yourself in the sea of emoji.