When comparing Chrome Remote Desktop vs Remmina, the Slant community recommends Chrome Remote Desktop for most people. In the question“What are the best remote desktop solutions for Linux?” Chrome Remote Desktop is ranked 1st while Remmina is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose Chrome Remote Desktop is:
All you need to do is install a Chrome extension.
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Pros
Pro Simple set-up
All you need to do is install a Chrome extension.
Pro Impressively fast
Faster than most similar applications.
Pro Easy to install
Pro Completely free
There are no restrictions on how you use it.
Pro Cross-platform
Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Pro Keeps making sure connection is still wanted
Every few minutes the sharer gets a popup asking if they want to continue sharing the screen, while the popup is shown the viewer can't control anything. This is important in case the sharer forgets to close the connection.
Pro Allows viewer to make actions
If the user that shares their screen doesn't touch the mouse/keyboard the viewer can control them which makes it easy take actions instead of explaining by voice.
Pro Straightforward user interface
It's easy and fast to find what you want, nice for daily use.
Pro Supports multiple remote desktop protocols
Remmina supports a number of protocols for accessing remote desktops - RDP, SSH, XDMCP, NX, and SPICE.
Pro You can manually adjust the quality of connection
To more effectively manage the available bandwidth, you can change the speed of your connection. This lets you sacrifice some of the quality of multimedia in favor of more speed.
Pro All connections are organized in groups
All connection profiles can be neatly organized into groups, making managing a large of machines simple.
Cons
Con Single user only
If multiple users want to connect to a device, they have to take turns.
Con No RDP server, only client
Remmina is only a remote client (VNC, RDP). It has no server features.