I have two systems right next to each other. One of them doesn’t have a monitor attached and it’s not simple to do so. They are both on the same 1Gbps LAN.
I’m currently using FreeRDP/xRDP to remote into the other system, but the latency is just terrible. I’m able to deal with it, but in some circumstances (like if dynamic ads or videos autoplay on websites) the latency just skyrockets to a a frame very few seconds. The remote system is Kubuntu 20.04 using X.org and not Wayland. I have just about every window decoration turned off or down. And just about every setting I can find to increase performance. The connection settings are the best they can be (I’ve looked through so many guides and posts about increasing performance), and they have helped a bit, but it’s still far from ideal.
I’ve even tried VNC and AnyDesk and they’re both just as bad, which is odd because I’ve connected to my brother’s system in another part of the country on many occasions, and even when he loads up a Youtube video the connection and latency is buttery smooth.
Does anyone here have any recommendations or suggestions on what I can use or do to improve the connection quality?
Get a cheap kvm switch.
“cheap” the switches with support for 2 monitors start at 250€
He doesn’t need support for two monitors, he needs support for two computers.
They’re like 30 bucks on Amazon.
I actually did. The issue is that on my main system I have 3 monitors. And switching one of them with the KVM causes some issues on the main system.
Plasma’s window management is actually pretty solid. It completely and accurately restores window positions, except for which virtual desktop each window is on. When restoring it tends to lump everything onto the currently active workspace.
It’s definitely a solution, but not my preferred one.
Thanks for the suggestion.