Whenever I try to remote into my Linux machines I get an image that looks like attached the. Remotings into Windows works fine. Do u have to use another application? What do y'all recommend?
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The remote access game is just completely different in Windows versus Linux. Windows has excellent graphical remote control options (RDP, Quick Access) and Linux has a hodgepodge of options that all only half work. Linux has excellent remote terminal capabilities (SSH), whereas remote Windows terminals are a joke. Both of these facts are very fitting, because the Linux terminal is powerful, while on Windows you need the GUI to do anything.
I just install openssh on my Windows machines and then I can use RDP or SSH for whatever I need.
The question then is, how much can you actually do in the shell.
Good luck setting up many programs that way when they soley rely on the GUI and documentation about configs or their database structure is nonexistant.
What CLI tools do you find have install problems on Powershell?
Everything I've used can be installed "headless", often using
wingetnow.But powershell just sucks and windows file system is cumbersome, so limux is still better.
I'm a sysadmin and do most everything in Powershell, there's very few things that I need a GUI for.
If it's something not documented, I usually run the program on a test bench while using procmon, that will show me which registry key or config file needs to be modified, which can then be done from the command line.
I find many programs meant for servers and businesses have no problem being CLI installed, though the install is most often installed silently through intune or group policy when that's the case.
Yeah MS has actually gotten a lot better with what can be done headless and even just remote PowerShell commands can do a lot these days.
Heck, you can install PowerShell on Linux to manage windows boxen if you're so inclined
Xfreerdp and gnome work really well together for me. Extremely reliable and very quick. My only complaint is lack of multi monitor support.