Moving over
What it takes
Your profiles map cleanly onto connection definitions; the protocols you had as separate profiles for one host become rows on one record.
You already run everything from one list
Remmina is the closest thing Linux has to the idea Vandle is built on, and it deserves the credit. Vandle takes the same multi-protocol premise and rebuilds it around routing, central state and a consistent surface model.
Credit where it is due
Remmina is free, covers RDP, VNC, SPICE, SSH and more, and its plugin model has kept it useful across a decade of desktop churn.
What changes
Four things you get that you did not have.
- The same client, look and inventory on Windows and macOS, not only on Linux.
- A route per connection, with the active path and exit address visible on the session.
- Central, encrypted state: point a new machine at it and your whole environment is there.
- A file surface built as a first-class protocol module rather than a side channel of the desktop.
Side by side
Remmina and Vandle
| Aspect | Remmina | Vandle |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Linux first | Windows, Linux, macOS from one codebase |
| State | Local profiles | A central store you point at, secrets encrypted |
| Routing | Per-profile SSH tunnel | A route object, assignable and switchable at runtime |
| Look | Follows the desktop toolkit | One deliberate dark theme everywhere |
And the rest of it
Four more protocols came along
Replacing one tool gets you five. Whatever else that machine speaks is already a row on the same record - and every one of them takes the route you assigned.
Web
Real browsing, properly routed
SSH
A terminal that keeps up
SFTP
Two remote panes, no detour
WebDAV
The other half of file transfer
RDP
Desktops on a native surface
Local
Your own machine, in the same list
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