Hi guys

How can I access desktop of my home server from my laptop/pc?

server: raspbery os

laptop/pc: zorin os

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    24
    ·
    11 months ago

    Just for completeness sake, the usual way of accessing a server is over SSH, using the console. That would be openssh-server on the pi and openssh-client on the laptop.

    Also, I don’t know if it’s available on ARM, but Sunshine and Moonlight run so much faster than VNC. It’s meant for gaming but works perfectly fine for remote desktop access. Sunshine is the server and Moonlight is the client.

    • badgrandpa@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      11 months ago

      I just need top connect remotely to desktop from time to time (lazy to go to the next room). What about Remmina - never used it?

      • Sethayy@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        11 months ago

        remminia is a client (I believe for rdp and vnc), but to host you’d need some type of server.

        The best and fanciest today is sunshine but it requires some kind of gpu for encoding - so probably out of the question for an RPI

        The next are all pretty similar, (I myself have most experience with vnc so I can attest to it): xrdp/rdp, vnc, and nx

        Half of them try and create their own virtual desktop to stream, but so you probably want to stream a real desktop - x11vnc does a great job at this (and if anything has too many options)