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The following steps detail how to connect over Remote Desktop from Linux Mint or Ubuntu to Windows 10 with an AzureAD username and password login account.
- In Windows 10, right-click This PC or My Computer and select Properties.
- Click Remote Settings.
- Check the option Allow remote connections to this computer.
- Uncheck the option Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication.
- Click OK.
- In Linux Mint, running Software Manager and install Remmina.
- Open a terminal and install the RDP plug-in with the following command:
sudo apt install remmina remmina-plugin-rdp
Remmina Settings for Linux
The following configuration settings may be used with Remmina in Linux.
Name: MYCOMPUTER AzureAD Server: MYCOMPUTER Username: AzureAD\username@company.com Domain: Resolution: Use initial window size Colour depth: True colour (32 bpp) Network connection type: None Quality: Medium Security protocol: TLS protocol security Gateway transport type: HTTP FreeRDP log level: INFO [x] Ignore certificate Remote Desktop Settings for Windows 10
In Windows 10, if you continue to see «The logon attempt failed», try the following steps with Remote Desktop to create a new RDP configuration file.
- Run Remote Desktop and enter the settings to create a new connection. See here.
- Click Save As to save the rdp configuration file.
- Open Notepad to edit the file and enter the following lines to the end of the file. See example.
enablecredsspsupport:i:0 domain:s:AzureAD username:s:AzureAD/your_user_name@company.com For slow network connections or if experiencing lag, you can adjust the color mode of the connection by editing the rdp configuration file at the following line:
The default setting is session bpp:i:32 for «Highest Quality (32 bit)», while session bpp:i:8 is the lowest setting for «256 Colors». Note, the lowest setting the GUI interface will allow is «High Color (15 bit)». 256 is only available through the configuration file.
Adjusting the Screen Resolution 4K
If your desktop computer resolution is different than the remote desktop resolution and you find issues with the mouse pointer cursor disappearing in RDP, you can set the remote desktop resolution to match your computer. This may especially be the case if you are using a 4K monitor.
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| screen mode id:i:2 |
| use multimon:i:0 |
| desktopwidth:i:1920 |
| desktopheight:i:1080 |
| winposstr:s:0,3,0,0,800,600 |
| compression:i:1 |
| keyboardhook:i:2 |
| audiocapturemode:i:0 |
| videoplaybackmode:i:1 |
| connection type:i:7 |
| networkautodetect:i:1 |
| bandwidthautodetect:i:1 |
| displayconnectionbar:i:1 |
| username:s:AzureAD\user@domain.com |
| enableworkspacereconnect:i:0 |
| disable wallpaper:i:0 |
| allow font smoothing:i:0 |
| allow desktop composition:i:0 |
| disable full window drag:i:1 |
| disable menu anims:i:1 |
| disable themes:i:0 |
| disable cursor setting:i:0 |
| bitmapcachepersistenable:i:1 |
| full address:s:PF0XLRLF |
| audiomode:i:0 |
| redirectprinters:i:1 |
| redirectcomports:i:0 |
| redirectsmartcards:i:1 |
| redirectclipboard:i:1 |
| redirectposdevices:i:0 |
| drivestoredirect:s: |
| autoreconnection enabled:i:1 |
| authentication level:i:2 |
| prompt for credentials:i:0 |
| negotiate security layer:i:1 |
| remoteapplicationmode:i:0 |
| alternate shell:s: |
| shell working directory:s: |
| gatewayhostname:s: |
| gatewayusagemethod:i:4 |
| gatewaycredentialssource:i:4 |
| gatewayprofileusagemethod:i:0 |
| promptcredentialonce:i:0 |
| gatewaybrokeringtype:i:0 |
| use redirection server name:i:0 |
| rdgiskdcproxy:i:0 |
| kdcproxyname:s: |
| enablecredsspsupport:i:0 |
| domain:s:AzureAD |
| username:s:AzureAD/user@domain.com |
| session bpp:i:8 |
Remmina for Windows: Solution and alternatives
Remmina is the perfect remote desktop client for system administrators and travellers who need to work with lots of remote computers. It supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistent user interface, making it the perfect tool for the job.
Remmina supports a variety of remote desktop protocols, including RDP, VNC, SPICE, NX, XDMCP, SSH and WWW.
In this article, we will show you a way to install Remmina on Windows as well as an alternative to it that runs natively in Windows.
How to install Remmina on Windows
Remmina is a product that was designed for POSIX-based operating systems, which are basically Linux distributions. Its graphical user interface depends heavily on GTK+/GDK functions that will never be available on Microsoft Windows, for obvious reasons.
However, if you absolutely need Remmina running on your Windows computer, you can try installing it inside WSL (Windows System for Linux). While Linux already had a way to run Windows software a long time ago, WSL has only been introduced with Windows 10.
For those who didn’t know, Windows System for Linux is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows 10 and later.
In order to install Remmina, which is a GUI app, on Windows WSL, you need to be on Windows 11 Build 22000 or higher. In addition to that, you should first install the preview driver matching your system below. This will enable you to use a virtual GPU (vGPU) so you can benefit from hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering.
Detailed instructions on how to install WSL 2 as well as examples can be found at Microsoft Docs tutorial : Run Linux GUI apps on the Windows Subsystem for Linux. And if you want Remmina Dark theme on WSL, read this post.
mRemoteNG – a Remmina alternative for Windows
If you can live with a Remmina alternative, there is an excellent one to install named mRemoteNG.
mRemoteNG is an open source remote connection manager that allows you to manage multiple credentials in a simple dashboard. mRemoteNG is an actively maintained fork of the now-abandoned mRemote, freely distributed under GNU General Public License Version 2 license.
mRemoteNG supports most of the popular protocols, including RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), VNC (Virtual Network Computing), SSH (Secure Shell), Telnet (TELecommunication NETwork), HTTP/HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), rlogin (Remote Login), Raw Socket Connections, Powershell remoting. While missing X2GO and SPICE support, compared to Remmina, mRemoteNG still an attractive option if you can migrate away from the aforementioned protocols.
mRemoteNG supports tabbed connection, side-by-side view, multiple interface language offer including English, French, Deustch, Russian, Chinese, Italian, etc. It supports a handful of keyboard shortcuts and command-line switches to quickly juggle between remote connections without touching the mouse. Advanced features of mRemoteNG includes Bulk Connections, SSH Tunneling, External Application, Traceroute.
More information about mRemoteNG and executables can be found at mRemoteNG Github repository and its official homepage. The project is also looking for development support, if you happens to be a programmer, consider contributing to its codebase.
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I’ve been running Remmina in Windows 10 ever since SSH got integrated into PowerShell. Install Xming server and setx in PowerShell then X11 forward Remmina to your Windows 10 desktop from Powershell. SFTP works in both directions and is easier than running PowerShell SFTP CLI.
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Hey! I’m Daan. I work as a SysAdmin in the Netherlands. Whenever I find free time, I write about IT, Linux, Open Source and hardware on this site.
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