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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
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Subject: Re: gnome-remote vs vnc clients
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:55:38 +0100
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Pancho wrote:

> Reading a bit, it is actually FreeRDP, which lists Gnome 42 as the first 
> version offering support.
> 
> Centos is dead, isn't it? I think you need to move to a newer distro.

That's why I said centos'ish I'm actually using Alma, there's also Rocky.

>> Alternatively Ubuntu LTS 25.04 later this week?
> 
> Surely moving to Debian is a bigger step than a new Red Hat distro. I 
> like my comfy slippers as much as the next old man, but even I will 
> switch between Debian distros.

I've used Ubuntu where I "have" to, but I feel slightly fish 
out-of-water compared to something redhat'ish.   I'll check how RDP 
works using a test Fedora VM.

> whenever I've tried VNC, it has been shit. That's 
> why I used TeamViewer and then NoMachine.
Yeah, you need to bear in mind the foibles of VNC clients, but they're 
usually usable.