Looking for some suggestions on what works well for RDP/VNC connections
between two Linux boxes, both running GUI (X). Not interested in
anything for Windows, just Linux-to-Linux.

What's your favorite? Thanks for ideas.


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Looking for some suggestions on what works well for RDP/VNC connections between two Linux boxes, both running GUI (X). Not interested in
anything for Windows, just Linux-to-Linux.

What's your favorite? Thanks for ideas.

I use RealVNC - RealVNC Server and Viewer...

for a viewer, tho, there are several more FOSS titles; TigerVNC... in this case, tho, I like RealVNC for its accounts - you can have all your user/passwords for both local and remote VNC connections - for example I help other sysops using this and can keep their connections all in one place/account.

Some might not like this, but RealVNC performs really well IMO.



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Looking for some suggestions on what works well for RDP/VNC connections between two Linux boxes, both running GUI (X). Not interested in
anything for Windows, just Linux-to-Linux.

What's your favorite? Thanks for ideas.

I use RealVNC - RealVNC Server and Viewer...

for a viewer, tho, there are several more FOSS titles; TigerVNC... in
this case, tho, I like RealVNC for its accounts - you can have all your user/passwords for both local and remote VNC connections - for example
I help other sysops using this and can keep their connections all in
one place/account.

Some might not like this, but RealVNC performs really well IMO.

Thank you, Paulie. Going to try and work on this some later this
evening, and giving TigerVNC a look. Appreciate the reply.



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Looking for some suggestions on what works well for RDP/VNC connections between two Linux boxes, both running GUI (X). Not interested in
anything for Windows, just Linux-to-Linux.

What's your favorite? Thanks for ideas.

I mean VNC etc all have their place but tbh, if you are running X11 (xorg etc, not Wayland), then I would just tunnell an exported X over SSH then you can launch the apps on one box and have them display on the other. That was the beauty of X11 in the O.G. days. When I found out about that, it blew my mind!

From memory, all you need to do is set up the ssh tunnel thusly:
localboxen$ export DISPLAY="otherboxen:0"
localboxen$ ssh user@otherboxen -X

now, from localboxen, run any X11 app you like, say GIMP:
localboxen$ gimp &

and instead of appearing on localboxen's screen, it'll appear on otherboxen's screen.

Magic!

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