yo_scottie_ohMar 9

[HELP] RustDesk connections hanging / reliable alternatives?

https://lemmy.ml/post/44262126

[HELP] RustDesk connections hanging / reliable alternatives? - Lemmy

Background: I have a laptop in one room on one floor that I’d like to be able to remote into from another laptop in another room on another floor. All spaces are covered by wifi. In general, I always prefer free and open source tools when available, which is why I’ve been trying RustDesk, and I really want to like it. Problem: It seems like every 5 to 10 minutes, the connection hangs, and the only way to restore the connection is for me to bring my laptop upstairs and reset the connection on both machines. This is a significant impediment that renders the app basically unusable in my case. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how did you resolve it? Or if you use a different tool, which one, and how’s that going for you? On AlternativeTo.net [https://alternativeto.net/software/rustdesk/?license=opensource&platform=linux], I’m seeing suggestions such as TigerVNC and HopToDesk, although I haven’t tried either of them. Both laptops are running popular Linux distros w/ graphical desktops (Mint, Fedora, etc).

Show threadHelloRoot

afaik correct me if im wrong but rust desk is not really the right tool for that. Why are you connecting all the way through the internet to the rustdesk servers only to come back to your home?

VNC or RDP are the right approaches here, cause you can use them to connect through the local network, never leaving your house.

Mar 9 at 9:51pmWeb
Show threadISOmorphMar 9
I’d add to that that we really don’t know enough about the use case of OP. Maybe ssh is already enough.
Show threadyo_scottie_ohMar 9

Does ssh mean command line stuff or is there such a thing as remote desktop over ssh?

I’m looking for a remote desktop experience.

EDIT: With some internet searching, I stumbled upon this blog article about doing VNC over SSH, I’ll have to explore this some more when I have time later on.

Setting up Remote Desktop Sharing via SSH on Linux | Baeldung on Linux

Learn how to start a GNOME session on an Ubuntu remote desktop shared via SSH.

Baeldung on Linux
Show threadyo_scottie_ohMar 9
Thanks for the tip. I’ve installed TigerVNC server on the host machine and connected to it from another laptop. Now my problem is that when I connect, it takes me to a clean session instead of showing me the existing session. A quick internet search and I stumbled upon x0vncserver, but no instructions how to install it. Or is it already installed? When I issue x0vncserver on the host, I get x0vncserver: command not found . Any tips on what I should try or search next?
Show threadHelloRootMar 10

You on wayland or x11? What DE?

If your laptop runs KDE then the easiest is KRDP + KRFB.

Show threadyo_scottie_ohMar 10
I’m running Linux Mint Cinnamon (X11) on a laptop w/ Tiger VNC Server, and I’m connecting to it from another laptop running Fedora Silverblue w/ Gnome (Wayland).
Show threadHelloRootMar 10
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