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mdp · 09-30-2017, 02:15 PM

I tried RDP. Had not tried before because I am not interested in Windows only technologies.
But, I would have bet it works very well, and it does.
The test was difficult because, well, I do not have a Windows machine; I set up a virtual one but a number of malfunctions made it a not in-deep test.
First, I tried with the standard com.microsoft.rdc.android client (badly named "RD Client"), version 8.1.28.2: it would continuously complain that it had no network, in spite of contrary evidence. Uninstalled.
Then I tried Iordan's "aRDP", or com.iiordanov.freeaRDP, version v3.8.8: of course it worked well, surprisingly well.

But, I forgot one detail. RDP does not replicate your original desktop - it creates a new session. I planned to use my original desktop mouse and keyboard, but they are not attached to new RDP sessions. I did not proceed from there. In any case, the technology seemed to works well - and, as expected, performing better than VNC; potentially quite usable even on the "slow" standard Onyx boards.

09-30-2017, 02:15 PM	#245
mdp Wizard Posts: 1,481 Karma: 9010563 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: none	I tried RDP. Had not tried before because I am not interested in Windows only technologies. But, I would have bet it works very well, and it does. The test was difficult because, well, I do not have a Windows machine; I set up a virtual one but a number of malfunctions made it a not in-deep test. First, I tried with the standard com.microsoft.rdc.android client (badly named "RD Client"), version 8.1.28.2: it would continuously complain that it had no network, in spite of contrary evidence. Uninstalled. Then I tried Iordan's "aRDP", or com.iiordanov.freeaRDP, version v3.8.8: of course it worked well, surprisingly well. But, I forgot one detail. RDP does not replicate your original desktop - it creates a new session. I planned to use my original desktop mouse and keyboard, but they are not attached to new RDP sessions. I did not proceed from there. In any case, the technology seemed to works well - and, as expected, performing better than VNC; potentially quite usable even on the "slow" standard Onyx boards. Last edited by mdp; 10-01-2017 at 12:47 AM.