[kwlug-disc] Linux RDP clients

[Remi Gauvin]

On 2025-10-20 4:19 p.m., CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> I'm breaking in a new Windows 11 laptop for work.  Previously I was using a
> WIndows 10 box but as you know they are now verboten.
>
> With the old WIn10 box, it was easy to RDP from my Debian desktop to
> the Win10 laptop and work from my Debian system.  This gives me several
> advantages, mostly multiple monitors and bigger keyboard instead of working
> on a laptop with my chubby fingers.
>
> When I try to RDP to the Win11 box, using Remmina, I get all sorts of
> certificate errors.  I found that changing the authentication to TLS solves
> that, but the login on the Win11 box refuses to believe my name/password.
>
> I can still RDP to the Win10 box, then RDP from Win10 to Win11 so I know
> that a) the RDP host on Win11 recognises me and b) well, RDP works on Win11.
>
> So the question is why won't the Win11 box recognise my creds when I come
> straight from Debian to Win11, but is fine when I go Debian > Win10 > Win11
> ?
>
> I strongly suspect that Reminna is the culprit, as it's given me grief in
> other ways, but I haven't been able to find a good RDP app for Debian that
> can do the trick.

I did not have any trouble connecting to Windows 11 with Renmia.  I did
not have to change my security protocol to TLS, so suggest leaving that
to Automatic.

Make sure you have the correct time set on both ends.

I usually turn off the Windows option to "Require Network Level
Authentication."  I don't have a Windows 11 computer here to verify, but
it is in the "Advanced Settings" of your Remote Desktop settings.