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Does anybody know any good alternative for Remmina (doesn't have to be free)? RDP would be the most important protocol for me.

Remmina is extremely buggy lately. Segfaults every now and then, clipboard share sometimes works, sometimes it does not and if I open a RDP session too fast, the whole application just freezes.

EDIT: Because of an unrelated reason, I reinstalled fresh ubuntu 12.10, but my remmina problems are still there. I noticed that remmina supports clipboard-exchange for pictures, gut rdesktop didn't. That was also a reason for a crash. I also tested 2x, but I couldn't even find a shortkey for switching between local and remote session.

Achim A
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For an up-to-date list of alternatives check out alternativeTo: http://alternativeto.net/software/remmina/?platform=linux

hennr
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2X is a very nice and stable application http://www.2x.com/rdp-client/windows-linux-mac/

Osama El-gedawy
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rdesktop?

though it might be worth mentioning: remmina is not buggy for me in the ways that you describe; there might be an underlying issue on your system. (the only real remmina bug I experience is that the 1-click "resize to client" button tends to expand to fill the screen vertically whether it needs to or not.)

Jim Salter
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I'd like to point out that now Remmina is actively developed and works quite nicely, with plenty of new features.

If you have specific needs or bugs to report, submit a new issue on gitlab

tmow
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I agree it's buggy, for example, see this bug that has been ongoing for years: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/remmina/+bug/794415

From reading the bug it appears freerdp is the problem and this solves the above bug: sudo apt-get purge remmina-plugin-rdp. Of course, removing the RDP plugin kind of defeats the purpose most people use it for.

On my system fresh Ubuntu 13.10 it doesn't even start up anymore, even after changing XKBLAYOUT="us" in /etc/default/keyboard/.

rdesktop seems like a fine alternative though. It also supports copy and paste in remote session to local session which is why I started using remmina in the first place.

Eugene van der Merwe
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You can search for an application called Vinagre a.k.a Remote Desktop Viewer from the Ubuntu Software Centre. It supports VNC and RDP. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.3LTS x64, fresh install. Remmina does not launch at all. Vinagre works.

JLG
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I gave up on remina Vinagre Remote Desktop Viewer Vinagre is a remote desktop viewer for the GNOME desktop Its in the software center just make sure you use the right Protocol on the dropdown menu

heli1
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