# Remmina

Related articles

- Rdesktop
- xrdp

Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+ from the freerdp project. It supports the protocols SSH, VNC, RDP, NX and XDMCP.

## Installation

Install the remmina package.

If you need RDP support, also install the optional freerdp or remmina-plugin-rdesktopAUR. For these note:

- If the RDP option is not available in the Remmina dropdown menu after installing freerdp, make sure to completely quit Remmina first: run `killall remmina`. When you restart Remmina, RDP should be available.
- As of Remmina 1.2.0, some users report RDP connections using freerdp suffer from frequent unrequested disconnections, but rdesktop RDP connections being more reliable.

## Usage

To open previously saved connection profile you can do:

    $ remmina -c ~/.remmina/file-name.remmina

Here is the script, which renames connection profile files basing on `name=` property to make it human readable:

    #!/bin/bash
    cd ~/.remmina
    ls -1 *.remmina | while read a; do
           N=`grep '^name=' "$a" | cut -f2 -d=`;
           [ "$a" == "$N.remmina" ] || mv "$a" "$N".remmina;
    done

To minimize to tray on startup, use `-i` option.

## See also

- Bugtracker - for the application
- Project wiki - with extensive resources

Category:

- Remote desktop