On Saturday, 6 May 2023 22:05:40 BST [email protected] wrote: > On Gentoo I use x2go over VPN. It works when using a remote box is running > Windows in VirtualBox. > > Though I need to connect to a stand alone Windows 11 box, either from Gentoo > box or from Windows running in VirtualBox to stand alone Windows 11. > > Windows Remote Desktop is not a good solution as as soon as one connects to > it, the user on the other end is logged out, if they log in I'm being > logged-out. The only ones I found are solutions for monthly fees. Are there > free alternatives?
Not an area I have looked into for years now, but Windows Remote Desktop can be configured in “Allow Remote Assistance to this computer” mode, which will not log out the current user. Go to Control Panel/System and Security/System then click on Remote Settings and tick “Allow Remote Assistance to this computer”. I've also used net-misc/freerdp, net-misc/tigervnc and x2go, but more up to date tools I have not tried yet and therefore I don't know if they are suitable for MSWindows are: https://kanaka.github.io/noVNC/ (uses websockets) https://turbovnc.org/About/Introduction
