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notfromhere@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

In my experience, RDP locks the screen for anyone at the physical machine. It sounds like OP is wanting a simultaneous screen sharing.

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SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s odd. It does not lock the local user out on Ubuntu, and allows simultaneous use.

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- notfromhere@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Sounds like a good option then!
  
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thejodie@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think that screen lock is really only the case in Windows. Most linux vnc servers either run their own completely separate X session or share the console session.

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- notfromhere@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  True enough for VNC but we’re specifically talking about RDP, which is supported by Linux Mint.
  
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  - thejodie@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That’s on me for typing vnc when I meant rdp, but nevertheless it’s true for both.
    
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    notfromhere@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I see. GP said the same. Thanks for sharing!
    
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