Zorin OS 18: Remote Desktop unification

First of all, I have to say I’m really impressed with the new version of ZorinOS — it looks fantastic, and it’s clear that a lot of attention went into the details :heart_hands:

While exploring, I came across the new “Remote Login” option under Settings → System → Remote Desktop.

From what I understand, the difference compared to “Remote Sharing” is that Remote Sharing requires an active session, whereas Remote Login creates a new session and ends any active one. They also use different ports for connections.

My question is: is this behavior a limitation of GNOME, or could the two options potentially be unified?

As a former Windows user, I’m used to connecting via RDP on the default port (3389 - also used by the new “Remote Login”), where the behavior is more seamless: if a session is already active, it connects to it; if not, it simply starts a new one.

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