GNOME Remote Desktop
Shares rank 14 of 22 game streaming software by recommenders
Recommended as a built-in RDP server that works fine for remote logins and sessions.
Recommended as a built-in RDP server that works fine for remote logins and sessions.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works as advertised
“I've had good luck with Ubuntu 25.10's builtin remote desktop RDP server.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Wayland-Exclusive in Dropping X11 Session Support” “It does allow opening new sessions remotely. It works fine.”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “GNOME 50 completes the migration to Wayland, dropping X11 backend code” “last I tried, worked as advertised”
Comment from 5 Nov 2025 in “Gnome Mutter Now "Completely Drops the Whole X11 Back End"” - Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “GNOME 50 completes the migration to Wayland, dropping X11 backend code”
Built-in RDP server
“I've had good luck with Ubuntu 25.10's builtin remote desktop RDP server.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Wayland-Exclusive in Dropping X11 Session Support” “For RDP, you've got KRDP and gnome-remote-desktop.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Wayland-Exclusive in Dropping X11 Session Support” Remote logins and sessions
“providing (amongst other capabilities) a way to handle remote logins”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “GNOME 50 completes the migration to Wayland, dropping X11 backend code” “It does allow opening new sessions remotely. It works fine.”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “GNOME 50 completes the migration to Wayland, dropping X11 backend code”
Other game streaming software people recommend
The four most recommended other game streaming software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight | 68 | 10 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Sunshine | 55 | 16 | 77% | 10 | — | Approved |
| RustDesk | 32 | 20 | 62% | 8 | — | — |
| Sunshine and Moonlight | 18 | 6 | 75% | 7 | 3 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| GNOME Remote DesktopThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“locked down in annoying ways by gnome”
“For RDP, you've got KRDP and gnome-remote-desktop.”
“I've had good luck with Ubuntu 25.10's builtin remote desktop RDP server.”
“It does allow opening new sessions remotely. It works fine.”
“I've used it. It works fine.”
“Remote assistance, NOT remote logins. It can be used as support when someone is already went to that computer”
“providing (amongst other capabilities) a way to handle remote logins”
“last I tried, worked as advertised”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.