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I used citrix workspace on endeavour OS (KDE), multi monitors (full screen across multiple monitors or one screen only), without problems.
I've never used Citrix specifically, but isn't that related to the RDP client rather than the distro or desktop environment?
Sounding good. This was with a RDP session to a remote Windows PC?
remmina is a good option for rdp sessions and citrix runs just fine on fedora and debian with official clients.
I don't get a choice of remina.
Remmina is a client on your personal laptop, that uses the RDP protocols needed to connect to your windows pc
Yes but our remote access is locked inside Citrix workspace. No control to do anything but use the RDP inside that.
yeah, i missunderstood your needs.
citrix works just fine. used it on different distros in the last 2 years. the only issues i had where multiple desktop with different resolutions with gnome. the upper side of the monitors had to align in order to render the citrix desktop correctly. no idea if thats still an issue and if it happens only with gnome.
well, a virtual window desktop on cloud. Also, technically to a Citrix session, not RDP.
Yeah that's not the same thing that my work uses.
from the remote desktop client perspective there is no difference if the target is a real pc or a virtual desktop. You asked about citrix workspace. But sounds like you actually want an RDP client, not citrix. What @creat said looks like the best option.
My company uses RDP locked down inside Citrix workspace.
You have to use the RDP in the workspace. Not roll your own remote connection. There are no other apps inside our workspace.
Not sure how to explain it better than that.
ah I see, thanks for clarifying! Yeah it's the same setup as I was using, so it should work fine
Yes
*on Wayland I assume
Linux Mint is old and outdated, installing KDE likely defaults to the X11 session (because Kubuntu still defaulted to that for a looong time. Now they have 6.6 lts which might actually be really good)
Most of the stuff I've read points to Citrix workspace being equally old and outdated thus being better on x11 than Wayland.
Yeah might well be. Clients are mostly way better off than servers, but multi monitor is fundamentally different between X11 and Wayland
Basically X11 doesnt even know multiple monitors, which is why mixed FPS, scaling, colorspaces etc are not possible. It is basically just one larger display with a weird shape.
I just swapped from Mint to Kubuntu running Wayland by default.
KDE does make dragging the RDP window over two screens a lot easier given the full screen, maximise, move and resize menu options are always there working.
But proper full screen over two screens still locks the RDP session to one screen only.
I certainly like KDE more than cinnamon.
Yeah the rest will depend on your client and if there is any that actually supports this.