Remmina
Close matchFreeFree and usually already installed. Speaks the same Remote Desktop protocol and imports your saved .rdp files.
Your files: Imports .rdp connection files saved by Remote Desktop Connection on Windows.
Does Remote Desktop Connection run on Linux?
Verdict: No
No. Microsoft lists its Remote Desktop clients for Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android and the web, with no Linux version. Remmina connects to the same Windows PCs and comes with most Linux systems.
Microsoft's documentation lists the platforms for both Windows App and the older Remote Desktop client, and Linux appears on neither list. There is no Microsoft-made client to install.
The protocol is the part that matters, and that is well supported. Remmina is a free remote desktop app that speaks the same Remote Desktop protocol your Windows PCs use, and it is installed by default on Ubuntu and available everywhere else. You type the same computer name or address and the same username and password, and the Windows desktop appears in a window.
Most of what people expect carries over: full screen, multiple monitors, sound redirection, clipboard sharing, and sending a local folder through to the remote machine. Saved connections work like the .rdp shortcuts you had on Windows, and Remmina can import an existing .rdp file.
One genuine limitation is that logging in to work systems with a smart card, or connecting to Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365, is fiddlier than it is with Microsoft's own client. For a home user connecting to their own PC, none of that comes up.
What to use instead of Remote Desktop Connection
AnyDesk
Different way of workingFree with paid extrasWorks through the internet without setting up port forwarding, which suits helping someone at another house.
This doesn't have to stop you
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need Remote Desktop Connection. Everything else you do can move.
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