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Linux distro for remote access via Citrix and RDP? (aussie.zone)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Looking for advice on which distro to try out for what I suspect is not a common use case.

I want to use my personal laptop to connect to my work PC running windows 11. My laptop is a pugged in to a couple of screens via a dock. The company I work for uses Citrix workspace and RDP for this purpose.

So far I have had a go with Mint 22.3 / Cinnamon and had a lot of trouble with Multi monitors. Best I can do is run the remote session windowed and have it dragged over two screens. This is not adequate by any means. Even getting the connection bar to appear in cinnamon is a nightmare of hitting atl and F10 and hoping it happens.

I've also added KDE plasma to my mint install. So far it is more reliable at getting RDP window to restore so I can drag it over 2 screens, however still no luck with full screen across all screens.

Does anyone else use citrix workspace from linux over multiple screens in full screen mode successfully?

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[–] 6 points 2 months ago (13 children)

I used citrix workspace on endeavour OS (KDE), multi monitors (full screen across multiple monitors or one screen only), without problems.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Sounding good. This was with a RDP session to a remote Windows PC?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    well, a virtual window desktop on cloud. Also, technically to a Citrix session, not RDP.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah that's not the same thing that my work uses.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    from the remote desktop client perspective there is no difference if the target is a real pc or a virtual desktop. You asked about citrix workspace. But sounds like you actually want an RDP client, not citrix. What @creat said looks like the best option.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    My company uses RDP locked down inside Citrix workspace.

    You have to use the RDP in the workspace. Not roll your own remote connection. There are no other apps inside our workspace.

    Not sure how to explain it better than that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

    *on Wayland I assume

    Linux Mint is old and outdated, installing KDE likely defaults to the X11 session (because Kubuntu still defaulted to that for a looong time. Now they have 6.6 lts which might actually be really good)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Most of the stuff I've read points to Citrix workspace being equally old and outdated thus being better on x11 than Wayland.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah might well be. Clients are mostly way better off than servers, but multi monitor is fundamentally different between X11 and Wayland

    Basically X11 doesnt even know multiple monitors, which is why mixed FPS, scaling, colorspaces etc are not possible. It is basically just one larger display with a weird shape.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I just swapped from Mint to Kubuntu running Wayland by default.

    KDE does make dragging the RDP window over two screens a lot easier given the full screen, maximise, move and resize menu options are always there working.

    But proper full screen over two screens still locks the RDP session to one screen only.

    I certainly like KDE more than cinnamon.

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