Hi guys
How can I access desktop of my home server from my laptop/pc?
server: raspbery os
laptop/pc: zorin os
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.
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?
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)
If your looking for a remote access to a desktop/GUI Rustdesk.com Is a quick and easy option. Mesh Central is also a good but a little more involved as you need to setup a central server.
There are a few others options if you have a VPN access. Like XRDP servers that lets you use RDP clients, or you can use VNC as well.
I second RustDesk, I’ve started using it a lot lately and it works quite well even across the internet and NAT. Works best if you have your own server that you can use as a relay rather than direct connection or using RustDesk’s own limited public servers, but even without it, it gets the job done.
I assume you have configured raspberry to start the desktop environment when at boot. Also, that this is on the internal lan only. You can run raspiconfig and enable vnc. Then from your laptop run a vnc client and connect to the server.
I recently read that RealVNC has a deal with raspian for remote access to any raspberry PI. They have a lite version with 3pc’s but I think as many pics as you own.
Process to enable it if you are using one of their os’
Install x2go on the laptop/PC. You need X and SSH on the server. That’s it, when you connect it will open a new desktop session on the server.
If you want to connect to an existing desktop session you need x2godesktopsharing installed on the server, you need to activate sharing in x2godesktopsharing, and in x2go client (on laptop/PC) you need to select “session type” as “X2Go/X11 desktop sharing”.
