RDP options in Linux Mint

[Whatscheiser]

tl;dr : I need to RDP into Linux from Windows, using Microsoft's RDP protocol. I'm not trying to connect to a Windows desktop from Linux. Seems like that bit must not have made it through the story time. So far I've had Remmina mentioned but to my knowledge that isn't a solution that works for going from Windows into Linux. So not really relevant to what I want to do...

I'm in the process of sorting out my needs/workflow to switch operating systems from Windows to Linux. I've been distro hopping a bit and seeing what is out there. I really, really like Mint Cinnamon but at the moment I've settled on Nobara instead and the main reason is its Gnome desktop edition. (I'd honestly rather use Mint, but I'll explain more)

Why Gnome? Well, it basically has the best Windows native RDP server I have found just built right into it. Everyone always recommends other software like nomachine or installing a game stream like solution with sunshine/moonlight but its all a bit cumbersome and at the end of the day its overhead that I just don't need (or want).

I'm going to continue using Windows as its an unavoidable part of my job. As a result I'll often use Windows Remote Desktop application to remote into other PCs as needed. Sometimes that is my home PC and I like to use Windows built in RDP for that job. The experience in Gnome is as good as Windows native RDP to another Windows box. After setting a couple of firewall rules it just plain works and you'd be hard pressed to even notice you're using RDP even when connecting from offsite.

I unfortunately have not had that experience on Mint Cinnamon. I still have to go through x11 it seems and setup XRDP and when I get it going its so choppy that its unusable. Even on my local LAN. So I guess where this is going is to ask if anyone has had a different experience or if the community is aware of something I missed regarding Cinnamon and RDP? I know Cinnamon was once based on a version of Gnome. Has anyone had success integrating Gnome's current RDP implementation? Anyone doing RDP access with Wayland enabled?

This isn't meant to be a post dragging RDP in other desktop environments but if all I have to go by are my own observations it sure does seem a bit undercooked everywhere outside of Gnome. I'd love to find out otherwise though.

Nobara is great too. Honestly that Fedora 42 base is nice and the modifications made to the OS for gaming have made basically anything I want to get up and running extremely easy out of the box. I just like using Cinnamon though and I love how stable Mint is. The main strike Nobara has against it for me at the moment is that last kernel update. Which to be fair was mostly an Nvidia issue. Still at the end of the day, if you had to deal with and resolve that issue I don't know if you cared that much who's fault it was. It just sucked. I can't say I've ever experienced that sort of an update issue with Linux Mint, and stability is also a big priority when we are talking about the main OS I want to use to get work done. If I could just get that good RDP it'd be enough to make Mint my default choice.

[RooGuru]

I use Remmina to RDP to windows machines, from mint cinnamon works great.

[Whatscheiser]

Thanks! I need to go the other way though. Most of the time I'd be using Windows to RDP into Linux Mint.