# Remmina

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Remmina and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Remmina for connecting to Windows machines over RDP, which they find works well. Critics note RDP performance can be poor and multi-monitor support is lacking.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well for RDP to Windows (1 comments): "Accessing a Windows machine from Linux/Windows via RDP works excellent - I use Remmina on Linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47456733))
- Looks appealing to users (1 comments): "Ooh remmina looks really cool." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46477542))

## What people warn about

- RDP performance somewhat poor (1 comments): "I've used RDP w/ remmina and found the performance somewhat poor but usable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49691316))
- No multi-monitor remote desktop support (1 comments): "lack of support for remote desktop software, especially with multiple monitors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46486783))
- Unpleasant to use (1 comments): "it's not nice to use apps like Meld and Remmina" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49829448))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Windows RDP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rdp.md): 15 recommend
- [VNC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vnc.md): 10 recommend
- [Xpra](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xpra.md): 9 recommend
- [X2Go](https://hackerapproved.com/p/x2go.md): 6 recommend
- [Apache Guacamole](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apache-guacamole.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Remmina", https://hackerapproved.com/p/remmina/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).