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what is good remote desktop software? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have an old pc on which I run jellyfin and some other stuff. It's only connected through lan. I used to use window's remotedesktop to connect to it, but that stopped working.

Now I'm looking for a good remote desktop. Because it s tucked away in a corner, fysical acces to it is cumbersome.

My server runs mint with xfce. My laptop runs windows 11, because of work reasons.

I'm inclined to use something like anydesk, but I'm unsure how to trust that company.

Edit: I got rustdesk up and running and it's a good solution for my usecase. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions.

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[–] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Sunshine and Moonlight.

It is made for gaming, but can be used for remote desktop. I use it when my laptop cannot handle a Blender scene and I want to use my desktop. It also works good with Headscale (or Tailscale if you use that). You can enable end to end encryption too.

If you want a direct replacement for Anydesk, check out Rustdesk. It is FOSS, but does not have good reputation.

[–] aksdb@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Where does rustdesk not have a good reputation? I see it being recommended regularly and also use it myself heavily. Never had issues or heard about issues (that I would attribute to reputation).

[–] Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Something something something China bad. It’s a bit overblown, but there was some drama about the dev earlier in its lifespan. I think something to do with not all of its code being open source? Like the official servers were running a closed version or something. I’m definitely butchering the information. It’s good software and works as intended.

I personally use Sunshine and Moonlight, but not because I have any particular problem with RustDesk, just couldn’t get it working well, and Sunshine also works for in house game streaming if I want.

[–] aksdb@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Ah ok, thanks for the clarification. In the end I also use Sunshine for game streaming, but for pure remote desktop access RustDesk is far nicer, since I can also quickly move files back and forth. RDP is even nicer in that regard, where I can remote-mount local devices.

[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fwiw I use a fork called Apollo because it enables a headless setup

[–] pipes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Sadly Windows-only last time I checked